Pawn to king four
I got home from three hours of class and errands and had just sat down with a peanut-butter sandwich when the phone rang.
I said something rendered unintelligible by a mouth full of peanut butter (and just as well, too), chewed fast, and managed to answer the phone on the third ring.
“Hi, is this Dorothea?” (Pronounced correctly and without hesitation. Not a telemarketer, then.)
“Yes, it is.”
“This is Jane Doe from University of Ruritania Libraries. You sent in an application for our Wonder-Librarian position, and we’d like to talk to you on the phone. Will tomorrow at 4 your time do?” (I am fudging details slightly, as you may have already guessed.)
“Tomorrow’s Thursday? Yes, that will be fine. Looking forward to it!”
That’s a day-brightener and no mistake.
Y’all will have to excuse me now, though; have to go bone up on Ruritania U and its libraries.
ETA: Well, this is nice; they’ve got all their people’s vitas up on their website. Eclectic group, almost none of them lifer-librarians; a lot of outside experience and interests, and plenty of evidence of continuous development and growth. That’s an environment I could get to like in a hurry.