….Awk-ward

Have you ever been so proud of yourself because you accomplished something fantastic,  but then that very day been face to face with the person who also tried to accomplish it, but didn’t?

Examples: 1)  You found out you were pregnant after not trying very hard at all, only to gush to someone who has been trying for two years.  Further, this gushee just found out on that day that they can’t have kids. (This did not happen to me, it is merely and example)  2) You got a job that, even though you were sure you would get it, nobody in that town had ever heard of you and assumed that someone else specific would get the job.  But then they didn’t, because you did….and then you had to sit across from her at a table for an hour after just meeting her knowing she seethed with hate for you.  (Yes this just happened to me).

Remember that saying, “You only have one chance to make a first impression?” Well, I would like a second chance, because the first impression this woman has of me is not my fault.  I’m sure that she is fully qualified to do the job, but I also know that I am, and I shouldn’t feel guilty for my credentials… right?  None-the-less, I head into my new job as the controversial hiree and have an uphill battle to not only prove myself, but make everyone like me. No pressure.

I’m not scared though.  Why should I be?  “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough and doggone it, people like me. ” Plus, I have the only pink scooter in town!