Interview Tomorrow!

Hi all,

So my big interview is tomorrow, 1/29/ at 2:30 in Washington DC. I am all set: I know what I will wear to get to DC and then change into for my interview. (I like to change on site in a bathroom... I developed this habit over the summer so there would be no sweat in clothes, but it also helps to avoid running around in heels). I have my money all tucked away, my schedule for getting there, and have researched the organization... so I feel good!

I discussed the interview with Mom and we agreed not to mention that I have a chronic illness that may cause me to need time off work. If I am hired, I will tell them this before it becomes an issue so they are not surprised... but saying so right in the interview might cut me off from a chance to prove myself.

I have been reading your very nice squat advice, but I still decided to ask a trainer if I was doing it right. Turns out, doing proper squats is extremely difficult for me! Oh well, practice will make perfect. I was able to do about half the motion that the trainer did with good form, which he said was better than squatting lower with poor form. Afterwards my thigh muscles were twitching like crazy and I had to sit down. Well, onwards and upwards!

I did all-over weight training including most of the weight machines I use, plus many free exercises. My core is my weakest area. I am trying to remedy this using planks, crunches, reverse crunches/leg lifts and bicycle crunches. I am not able to do real push-ups or pull-ups yet. I can plank for a little over thirty seconds. I used the elliptical to warm up and cool off.

Yesterday I didn't blog, but I did forty five minutes of elliptical and fifteen minutes of the recumbent bike. On the elliptical I have to be careful to make sure my heartrate doesn't soar too high. I hope as I get stronger, my heartrate won't jump so quickly.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth