The Clapotis shawl, what a beauty!
I spent the greater part of Sunday racing to finish this shawl so I could wear it this week. I decided not to block it in order to keep the scruncy look. (Does anyone know how to keep that look after it’s washed? I would like to wash it.) I thoroughly love this shawl and am really enjoying wearing it. Yay for great patterns, great yarns, and a job that allows me time to knit!
Though I’d love to blab about this shawl all day, I have to vent. I had the most horrendous meeting recently. I’m involved in a selection process for a leader of an organization here in my community. I decided to be a part of the group because I tend to be a good judge of character and can usually trust my instincts about someone upon meeting them, and I’ve been told I have the gift of common sense. I thought this traits would serve me well on this committee.
There are many resumes to read and interviews to give. I think my gut feeling leads me in the right direction in most cases. There have been many candidates whom I felt were wrong, but I was relying mostly on gut so I didn’t say too much, except for commenting that I didn’t think they were right for us. Then later, they were eliminated by the group. In a way I feel that some members on the committe are not using their gut feeling enough and are being too emotional about the process. We cannot interview everyone, and we wouldn’t want to. We have to rely on the information given to us, and the feelings we get from the person, their ambition, entheuseam, and our overall reaction to them. We will all know it when the right person comes our way. We have all agreed on the few awesome resumes we’ve already seen, so why should we be arguing about it? I feel that when one person disagrees with the rest they should not become emotional and go on the offensive. That doesn’t benefit the group or help the process along. We have to remain professional and keep our emotions at a distance for this group to be effective. Am I wrong?? I came home so annoyed after this meeting, and my poor husband had to listen to it all, what a good guy.
I felt I had to defend my position and felt I was attacked at the meeting, though my position was that of many at the meeting. I am in this process for the long haul if need be, but it is getting quite ugly. I am very much looking forward to the right candidate accepting the position. I know you’re out there, can we please hurry this along?
