Picking up from last time –
I got an email back! She said she actually was looking for an assistant editor and asked if I could come in to interview.
I emailed her back right away and asked if I could come on Monday. (I had a Tuesday – Saturday work schedule in LA, not that I couldn’t have taken off work for this, but I asked if Monday was good.)
When I didn’t hear within 24 hours, I wrote again saying if it wasn’t soon enough, I’d come earlier.
I’m pretty sure I even wrote a 3rd time when I hadn’t heard by Friday – basically begging to be interviewed. (Here we go again with the line between persistence and annoying. Thankfully in this situation, it worked.)
She told me Monday was fine. And I went in Monday late afternoon.
When I got to NY that morning, I did a little apartment searching – just in case I got the job. I figured I was there, might as well look at some stuff.
I got to the neighborhood with plenty of time to spare. I didn’t want to be late. In fact, I was way too wildly early. So, I went to this Europan food/bakery place on 57th and 9th. I had the most unhealthy lunch I’ve had in a long time – pizza and a cannoli. I’m not really sure why. I thought I was being New York-y or something. Probably should’ve wanted to feel better and lighter with a clearer brain before a big interview. But you know, whatever.
Finally, the time came for me to walk over there.
And this is where I’ll pick up next time.