There was this moment of communication with my boss today that I don’t know how to process. There’s this breast cancer awareness bicycle ride in September. She created a team for the bookstore, and since I’m learning to ride, I joined the team and pledged the least amount of miles. Everyone who signs up also […]
“Real” world blues
So I’m moving to Austin when my lease is up in July, hard details pending. I had a job interview in Austin this past Monday (well, 2, but I am only talking about 1 here), and I didn’t get the job. I was really excited about the potential of working for these people, and hence, […]
Thoughts in the Bath
Tonight the sunset was beautiful here. And I felt grateful to see it. It is a small blessing in my life that it is no longer pitch black when I get off work… nothing is worse than feeling it’s the middle of the night before you’ve even had dinner. Whenever I most seriously entertain the […]
Contientious Objecter
I’ve hardly gotten anything productive done this weekend. Thinking about going to work tomorrow puts my stomach in knots. I might be able to do substitute teaching, but it doesn’t pay well and the work isn’t guaranteed. So if they hire me I still need to find something else to do part-time. And that’s proving […]
New Year; Old Problems
It’s January. Can I just say, “Holy Hell, how did this happen?!?” Wasn’t it just November yesterday? I really thought I would have found a new job by January. That was kind of the plan in my head even if I hadn’t set it in stone. And while I looked and applied some yesterday, there […]
A World of Abundance
There are some insights I’ve been wanting to hash out, but I’ve been too sick and brain fuzzy. I woke up this morning with laryngitis and had to call in, so I’ve had the day to rest and sleep. Feeling a bit better, but now whatever I’ve got’s moved from my sinuses to my chest. […]
What makes a difference?
One of the things that has been bothering me of late is not feeling a sense of purpose in my life. Even in the darkest days of graduate school, I could look at the work I was doing and know I was making a meaningful contribution to the world, and that kept me going. I […]
“Is that what you’ve been waiting for?”
I start training for a new job next week. It’s a temp-to-hire position in customer service. The company I hope will hire me after training has controls the stock options of several companies and I will be helping their shareholders who call in with questions or needing advice. So it’s still not related to anything […]
Fores into Adulthood
It’s been almost three months since I graduated and I’m already almost over being an adult. I’ve been applying for jobs for 5 months and am still working food service part-time. And it sucks. It sucks even more because I know my manager is working with me to give me as many hours as she […]