So, I had 8 interviews in 3 days. 4 in Seattle, 4 in Portland (all squished into one morning I might add). I wasn't too confident I would receive any offers because at my first interview in Seattle, I asked for a certain salary range and they immediately didn't like my suggestion. I thought that I had just messed up my best opportunity. I tried to say I would be flexible and I even came down in my range by quite a bit. I also did not have a list of printed references to give them, so I had to handwrite it right there in front of them. It made me look bad. Unfortunately that was the job I wanted the most. All the rest after the first one were for companies I wasn't nearly as interested in. They were either a really small office, which I've had before and hated, or they just weren't ready for the hiring process. A few didn't even know if the job I was applying for was within the budget for the company.

I was really depressed about how things had turned out. Every night I went to bed I kept thinking, man, I should have gotten more interviews or I shouldn't have requested such a high salary or how I wished Troy had some interviews. I started thinking about being stuck here for an unknown amount of time past our move-out date of Feb 25 and how it would suck moving to another place in DFW. It would suck to have to go up to SEA/PDX for another round of interviews and even more waiting and more expense.

Well, despite all of that, the first company I interviewed with in Seattle offered me the job today, with a decent salary. I think with the cost of living, the salary doesn't make up the difference in costs between here and there, but it's alright. I think the thing that finally sold me or got them over the fact that I was asking for a lot of money was that my references were awesome. At least, I know my current boss was great. She highly recommended me and couldn't think of a bad thing to say about me, she said. She said she hated to see me go and that they should snatch be up before I was taken by another company. I really appreciated how she did that for me. I don't know what my ex-boss said about me, probably good things though.

So, um, to make a long story short, I'm going to accept the offer tomorrow and ask if I can get any moving assistance. They are located in downtown Seattle and have an awesome few of Puget Sound.

Yay me!