argh!

[jaeclectic]

Context:

1. I am not feeling well today, running a low-grade fever, no other real symptoms so hard to say what it is. It's not quite enough to keep me from working, just enough to make me feel slow and miserable.

2. It's been a pretty stressful week. Not all bad, but stressful. I had the mega-marathon job interview Monday, last-minute scrambling to coordinate the baychi session, public speaking at the baychi session, and then a phone interview at another company yesterday (all of this while trying to put in some hours on my contract gig, and not getting quite as much done as I'd planned, and feeling a little anxious about it).

So, you know, I was really looking forward to having a day or two of not having to do anything requiring mental agility.

But this morning, I got a call from the recruiter following up on the phone interview, and they want me to come in for an on-site. Great! Except the only day next week that the hiring manager is available is Monday. No problem, I can do Monday. Maybe that's even better than having to wait until later in the week and therefore having more time to get nervous. (I did reckon I'd want to do some prep, specifically on a couple of things that came up in the phone interview which I didn't think I answered well, but having to do that over the weekend didn't seem too bad.)

But then, half an hour ago, I get the confirmation email, and it says that I will need to give a 45-minute presentation to the UE team. No details, no information about the topic or format, just a slot on the calendar... Aack!

Well, to make a long story a little shorter, I talked to the recruiter, and I just need to give an overview of my portfolio / past work. It can be powerpoint, or just html. So this does not require the same kind of intensive preparation as the design exercise presentation that precipitated my emotional meltdown two weeks ago. In theory, I could just use my existing portfolio page, although I'd still need to plan what I was going to say about it.

Definitely not enough to make me say "no, I can't be ready by Monday, call it off".

Definitely enough to change my view of the next two days from a pleasant idle of brainless relaxation, to a frenzy of preparation.

*grumble*