interview

Interview is over.  Went well, I think.  They seemed to like my lab experience, and how I completely re-did the way the auditing process works at my current job at the PT clinic. 
After the interview part of it I had to fill out some paperwork, and part of it was a little mini microbiology quiz.  Uhh... uh oh.  I haven't done anything micro in a year. 
So I was doing pretty well and there were only a few I kind of fudged the answers for.  And then I got to a question, "What are the steps of performing a gram stain?"
I sat there for at least 10 minutes trying to remember.  I know the steps, I couldn't think of the names of the stains.  I COMPLETELY blanked. 
She came in and asked how I was doing and I said, "this is going to sound silly, but I've done countless gram stains and taught students how to perform gram stains, and now I'm completely blanking on the names of the stains!"  She smiled and said "do you at least remember the colors?" i said yes, so she told me to just put that instead of the name.  I said, "you know I'm going to remember as soon as I get the car, right?"  She laughed and said "yeah, that's usually how it works".

Crystal Violet and Saphrinine. 
and you don't wash between iodine and acetone. 

/sigh/

Sounds like I have a good chance of getting a job, though.  They're interviewing 5 more people in the course of the following two days. I'm assuming some of my fellow interns.  I don't know for sure how many spots are open but I know they're getting desperate because they're losing at least 3 people in June.  I changed my availability from June 28th to June 14th so that I looked better.  We're getting back from our honeymooon the 12th.  and i'm stnading up in a wedding on Friday the 18th.  But I'll mention that if and when they offer me the job.  Well, they know about the honeymoon- but I forgot to mention the 18th.

The other good thing is that all of the interns that went to MSU never took a microbiology lab.  Labs aren't offered there.  So, not only have I taken a lab, I also TAd for a lab (even though I obviously can't remember how to do a gram stain.... UGH).  But that should put me ahead of them a bit, right?

I hope I get the job.

It was slightly unnerving getting the tour of the lab.  I mean... this is the real deal!  AHHHHHHHH.  I'M GROWING UP!
That's so crazy.