A few developments, briefly
Just got back from my *third* interview at the dental magazine, and I still don't have an offer from them.
They'd asked me back to retake part of the proofreading test (curious) and because the head of the magazine (the one doing the hiring) wanted me to assure her that I would devote myself to this job for the fairly long-term ("several years" was how she put it). They're worried that I'll leave to go to law school in six months (which I assured her wasn't possible). She said that, given the amount of energy it takes to train someone and acclimate them to the work done at the magazine, they want someone who's committed, someone who might want to make a career at this particular publication. You can probably imagine how I feel about that.
She said she'd call me tomorrow to let me know one way or the other.
All the way home I was thinking about taking that westward road trip. Quite frankly, I'm god-awfully scared of it (would I be able to find a place to live and a job to pay the rent?; what if I get hurt or sick or what if something happens to the car?; what if I get there and I'm incredibly lonely?). But maybe it's time to do something I'm god-awfully scared of doing. (Anyone reading this want to move out to Oregon?)
Today's other minor developement was that I got my first bit of correspondence from a law school. (I signed up for the referral service--LSAC gives out my address, undergraduate institution and LSAT score to schools and they send me informative literature if they're so inclined.) This bit of correspondece was an email from William and Mary letting me know that if I chose to apply to their law school the application fee would be waived (i.e., they're enticing me to apply by making it free). That pepped me up a bit. If I do decide to do the law school thing, a little flattery (and money) will probably go a long way. (It's nice to know that someone thinks I'm at least moderately qualified for *something*).
They'd asked me back to retake part of the proofreading test (curious) and because the head of the magazine (the one doing the hiring) wanted me to assure her that I would devote myself to this job for the fairly long-term ("several years" was how she put it). They're worried that I'll leave to go to law school in six months (which I assured her wasn't possible). She said that, given the amount of energy it takes to train someone and acclimate them to the work done at the magazine, they want someone who's committed, someone who might want to make a career at this particular publication. You can probably imagine how I feel about that.
She said she'd call me tomorrow to let me know one way or the other.
All the way home I was thinking about taking that westward road trip. Quite frankly, I'm god-awfully scared of it (would I be able to find a place to live and a job to pay the rent?; what if I get hurt or sick or what if something happens to the car?; what if I get there and I'm incredibly lonely?). But maybe it's time to do something I'm god-awfully scared of doing. (Anyone reading this want to move out to Oregon?)
Today's other minor developement was that I got my first bit of correspondence from a law school. (I signed up for the referral service--LSAC gives out my address, undergraduate institution and LSAT score to schools and they send me informative literature if they're so inclined.) This bit of correspondece was an email from William and Mary letting me know that if I chose to apply to their law school the application fee would be waived (i.e., they're enticing me to apply by making it free). That pepped me up a bit. If I do decide to do the law school thing, a little flattery (and money) will probably go a long way. (It's nice to know that someone thinks I'm at least moderately qualified for *something*).
posted by temporarily unemployed at 15:25
3 Comments:
Mike: don't allow fears of the unknown to define who you are and who you become. dwell in possibility.
GO.
Take the damn road trip.
Would getting there and feeling horribly lonely be worse than what you've gone through in the last several months?
Do it! And I don't mean the dental magazine job.
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