We are celebrating!!!

Alvin was finally offered the ceramics position at CGCC today. It has been a long and very stressful 10 weeks. This is how the long drawn out process went!

Job Posting – April 2
Job Posting Closed – April 16
12 applicants
First Interview – May 12 (4 weeks)
Committee of 5 interviewed 6 applicants
Second Interview – June 2 (7 weeks)
President and Vice President of College interviewed 3 applicants
June 7 – (8 weeks)
No news
June 14 – (9 weeks)
No news
June 23 – (10 weeks)
Signed paper authorizing HR to do a background check
June 24 – offered the position!!!!!!!

We had planned all along to have a party for his college supporters in our backyard if he got the position. I planted flowers and put solar lights everywhere but now that it is 110 degrees it is way too hot to have this party outside and our house is way too small inside for this crowd so we will have it in the ceramics studio instead. Not as nice but still a thank you to his friends for supporting him!


Since January when Alvin moved into the new facility at the college as the adjunct faculty this full time job position has really worried him. The time has been stressful with too much anxiety. There were a few days I wondered if he could take much more! Now he can relax. We can go on our beach vacation knowing that he has the job on his return. School starts August 21!

He is resting until then - well deserved!