Welcome Back, Mrs. Cleaver!

As master of the obvious, I'd like to take this opportunity to note that I haven't posted in quite sometime. What have I been up to? A whole lotta something with no results.

Well, I applied for a job, did the interviews (phone and full day, onsite), received great reviews but no offer. Not knowing if the other 2 candidates were more qualified or not (which could change my perspective), I really feel that I wasn't offered the job because they found out my spouse was in grad school. The atmosphere quickly turned murky when they discovered he was a student and asked how long he would be in school and what he would do after graduation. Excuse me? Is my spouse applying for this job? Over a week after they told me they would be in touch (as well as a phone call, an email, and a handwritten thank-you later), I received an email stating that based on feedback from my interviews I wasn't being offered the job. Subsequently, I emailed the interviewers about constructive feedback on interviewing skills and received a comment that I did an impressive job. I returned home that day and did some prelim footwork on marital status discrimination.

I can't believe that it's 2006, I have a quality education and degree, the employer is a reputable one within the state, and all leads are pointing to me not getting the job b/c of my HUSBAND! Should I just stamp my forehead with late-twenties, clock-ticking, will-leave-workforce, husband-following wife? Seriously, if that's a concern then why don't they just ask me if my family life would interfere with my career?

Or at least follow-up on my benign inquiries to improve my interviewing skills and qualifications, thereby letting me know there was a more qualified candidate. Their avoidance simply increases my suspicions.

So, along with this fiasco I've been maintaining my current job. On the brighter side of things, J and I took a lovely walk down to the lake last night. I really felt like an old married couple out on a stroll. Wait a minute...

What those numnuts don't realize is that if there's a situation in which I would leave, he likely will too.

Damn, I was so going for the Claire Huxtable thing!