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January 12, 2006

I'm not good with waiting.

I have discovered, upon reading my daily journal/blog reading, that this week is considered Delurking Week, and that those who read anonymously and never comment (and those who do comment) are supposed to take this opportunity to reveal themselves. So go right ahead!

Moving on.

So, yesterday I discovered that I'm quite a bit more upset about how these two jobs turned out than I thought I was. I spent most of yesterday crying, and while I did have other reasons, the main item that was setting off my PMS-enhanced tears was this whole work situation. I finally feel ready to give it a go, to start working again, to work in a field that I'm really interested in pursuing for the rest of my life, and I'm very frustrated that these two things didn't work out. And I'm BORED AS HELL right now, too.

On the other hand, after speaking to a friend who has the same position at another synagogue as the job I turned down, I'm more convinced than ever that I made the right choice. She gets paid four times as much as they would have been offering me, and she also told me the approximate salaries of two other people with that job who make five and six times as much as they would have paid me. It was the right choice, difficult as it was.

So I'll keep my eye out for other appropriate jobs for myself, but most likely, nothing's going to happen while we're still in Oberlin. That's ok. It's now really, truly job-searching season for Lauren. I actually really enjoyed organizing her search last year, and I'm looking forward to it again. Placement registrations are in, spreadsheets are out, resume is updated, and hopes are up. That'll have to do for me, for now.

Posted to Hardly Working at January 12, 2006 10:33 AM

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Posted by: Kathy at January 12, 2006 11:13 AM