The Very First Interview

Yesterday little miss Haana had the very first interview of her life! She has auditioned before, but this was the first interview, really. 20 minutes. 

On the previous night we talked at the dinner table about what kind of questions she can expect and what she wants to talk about during the interview. I expected to eavesdrop during the interview obviously. I even knew where i wanted to position myself during the interview so i can hear everything but I'm not on the camera. A fly on the wall location. I will be sitting on the chair next to little miss Haana's table in her room.

The next morning it had snowed slightly and Bobby's friend showed up wanting to play outside. I was helping Bobby put on his snow pants, then snow jacket, then socks, shoes, gloves before he steps outside. But by the time i was done with him and headed upstairs, the interview had already begun and I wasn't in my eavesdrop location!!

The door to her room was almost shut but just a slightly ajar. I decided the camera must be on her, so I will be able to quietly sneak in and go along the far wall of the room to sit on the chair without being visible on camera. I got down on my hands and knees just to be safe. Surely the camera is focusing higher on her face and the wall behind her. But just as I was creeping through the door on my hands n knees (mortified to even write this, but in reality not at all out of character for me at home), little miss Haana laughs during the interview and says "Hello mother!". I knew I had been made. It probably didn't help that i was wearing a bright red jacket that could be used to stop 4 way traffic!. So i got up on my feet and waved a hello (and goodbye) and got out of the room and moved the door to close (but still slightly ajar as before). I sat outside the door on the stair leading up to her room, listening in to the interview. After a few minutes Raj hissed at me from downstairs, asking me what am I doing sitting there. I gesticulated I'm listening to her. He shook his head and disappeared, only to come back in a couple minutes with a cup of chai for me to sip sitting on the stairs.

Soon it was over and miss Haana came outside giggling. She said she knew I was right there cause she could hear my chai cup from inside. We started talking about the interview but Raj called out that he wants in on all the scoop too. So we headed downstairs. Little miss Haana couldn't stop laughing as she started to tell Raj how mom was caught on camera during the interview crawling into her room, and how the interviewer could see mom crawling in too! And how hilarious it was!! They all laughed. We all laughed. In fact the image of seeing someone crawling in to the room, on hands and knees, during a meeting is hard to shake off!! Can you imagine?! I'm part mortified and part can't stop laughing at that picture! She says she'll never let me forget it.. (groan!)