Today is a pretty big day for me. I have an interview this afternoon, during which I will meet the Senior U.S. Senator from my home state. I am interviewing to be his Personal Assistant in Washington. The job isn't glamorous, but it does put me closer to where I want to be in life. Basically the Personal Assistant is responsible for making sure the Senator is where he needs to be and sees the papers and people he needs to see, in an organized fashion. I'm rather excited about it because I have great respect for the man.

The way I even got to this point is a testament to the powers of networking. I was at a work party, off by myself in the back room watching the Buckeyes game. There was a man about my age who kept ducking in and out, so I asked him if he wanted to stay and join. We got to talking and he told me that he was the Personal Assistant to the aforementioned Senator. He also said that he would be leaving his job within the next month to take another position, back in his home city. That got me thinking that if he was leaving there would be a spot opening up on the staff, so I asked him for a business card and talked myself up a bit so that he would remember me when I was sober enough to email him. That next Monday I polished up my resume and sent it to him. I can never thank him enough for passing it on to the Chief of Staff, and two days later I had begun the interview process.

For all of you who are reading, I urge you to not get out of control at parties or in public, because as you can see you never know who you might meet. I will be sure to let everyone know how the interview goes.