Thank you, all, for sending the purrs you did. I had a great day yesterday,
the interview went fine, but... I sort of knew what was coming, my
competence and their demands didn't match. I know that if this had been a
larger company, I would have got the job, but due to the current senior
programmer leaving in February, and the other programmer going on a
pregnancy leave in March, I would have been the senior by then. I don't
think my qualifications could have coped with that.

One strange thing, though. I talked to my friend, who told me about this
job, and asked him if I did something seriously wrong during the interview.
"No", he said, "but it wasn't very wise of you to stand outside the building
having a cigarette five minutes before the conference... Peter complained
about that.. He didn't like your smell!" What if some of them had been
allergic to cats?

I didn't sleep well last night, after having been told that I couldn't have
the job. Teti and Tin?viel knew all about it, and during the night they both
came up to my with kisses and headbutts to show that they cared... Tin?viel
usually NEVER does this, but this night she thought it was necessary to
comfort me the best she could. So by 5 AM I fell asleep, with both of the
cats silently sleeping between my legs...

I just say, it would have been much worse without them, and now I'm prepared
to go into the job battle again!!