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I was pretty tired for most of yesterday afternoon and wanted to take a nap, but at some point I'd crossed over that cusp in the middle of the day when taking a nap is appropriate and when it pretty much makes you look like a manic depressive. So I ran some menial errands and came home with a pair of knitting needles and a skein of pretty green yarn. I was a knitter in college (unsuccessful), and I remember it being kind of therapeutic. When I'm under stress, my OCD tends to spike, and I end up losing sleep because I can't stop thinking about the direction of the pile on the living room carpet, or whether or not every bag of chips in the pantry has a clawclip to keep it from going stale. Knitting is something that's repetitive enough to assuage that part of my brain. Plus, I can listen to my Preston-Child audiobooks while I knit. I am entirely self-contained. It's nice.
There is still a great sense of ambiguity concerning my place at the International Center. I sent an e-mail earlier this week, asking for clarification of the position (as well as whether or not I would be compensated for my work in the pre-planning stages), and got a very vague "that's what we're going to discuss at the Sept. 22 meeting" answer in return. At this point, it seems like they are looking for someone willing to be paid part-time wages for a full time commitment. That is not going to work for me. I will remain open to the meeting, and will be happy to make suggestions about the direction of future ESL programs but, right now, I simply cannot balance a full-time commitment to school and to a job for which there seems to be very little structure. There's a job fair at the university tomorrow. In preparation, I printed off about twenty copies of my résumé. I'm going to go, gladhand, and give my résumé to as many prospective employers as possible. I would really like to target academic positions in and around the Valparaiso area, but my degree is flexible enough as to allow me to work in a number of different areas without too much difficulty. I'm actually pretty optimistic about the job fair. Even if the job at the International Center does not work out, at least I know that I am out there, trying.
iTunes is spinning some really great seasonally-appropriate stuff for me today.
There is still a great sense of ambiguity concerning my place at the International Center. I sent an e-mail earlier this week, asking for clarification of the position (as well as whether or not I would be compensated for my work in the pre-planning stages), and got a very vague "that's what we're going to discuss at the Sept. 22 meeting" answer in return. At this point, it seems like they are looking for someone willing to be paid part-time wages for a full time commitment. That is not going to work for me. I will remain open to the meeting, and will be happy to make suggestions about the direction of future ESL programs but, right now, I simply cannot balance a full-time commitment to school and to a job for which there seems to be very little structure. There's a job fair at the university tomorrow. In preparation, I printed off about twenty copies of my résumé. I'm going to go, gladhand, and give my résumé to as many prospective employers as possible. I would really like to target academic positions in and around the Valparaiso area, but my degree is flexible enough as to allow me to work in a number of different areas without too much difficulty. I'm actually pretty optimistic about the job fair. Even if the job at the International Center does not work out, at least I know that I am out there, trying.
iTunes is spinning some really great seasonally-appropriate stuff for me today.
