In other news I got a new job today! I'm moving schools on a date to be determined (and it's one at the old Ambassador Hotel where RFK was shot).
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
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Kat - Oct 15, 2014 3:49:24 pm PDT #8256 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jesse - Oct 15, 2014 3:54:36 pm PDT #8257 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is that a good thing, Kat?
Kat - Oct 15, 2014 4:00:20 pm PDT #8258 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
YES! I applied for this job a few years ago and the person who got the position instead of me is moving to a different position at the school. I sent my resume in on Monday night, interviewed Tuesday after school and was offered the job today.
It's a pilot school (which means I don't have to leave the district), small, and doing stuff I believe in. They rarely have openings, even though they are relatively new. And they are heavily supported by UCLA. It's a school I could send Noah and Grace to since it's K-12. Info on the school is here: [link]
Amy - Oct 15, 2014 4:07:35 pm PDT #8259 of 30000
Because books.
That's great, Kat!
That's ... less great, shrift, but maybe something awesome will come of it?
Fingers crossed either way works best, Consuela.
Consuela - Oct 15, 2014 4:08:56 pm PDT #8260 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
That's awesome, Kat! I'm so pleased for you.
I've decided, after the last week, that I just don't want to go back into private consulting, and I'm not going to apply for any more consulting gigs. At least, not unless I'm desperate. But I'm not desperate; I make a good salary right now and my boss clearly wants me to stick around, and even if the work isn't super exciting, it's work I can support doing. (I'm not helping ruin the groundwater of North Dakota, for instance.)
So I may continue applying for public sector jobs as they come up, but for the next six months or so, I'm not going to sweat the job hunt. Which gives me time and mental energy (I hope) to get my kitchen done.
Jesse - Oct 15, 2014 4:10:09 pm PDT #8261 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Then: great, Kat! Congrats!
Sounds like you made the right call, Suela.
-t - Oct 15, 2014 4:26:42 pm PDT #8262 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds great, Kat!
Sounds like a good decision, Consuela.
shrift - Oct 15, 2014 4:35:27 pm PDT #8263 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I sent my resume in on Monday night, interviewed Tuesday after school and was offered the job today.
Woo hoo, Kat! I'm glad your job news is good!
maybe something awesome will come of it?
Yeah, maybe. I just didn't want to have to think about what I want to do with my life when I grow up this week.
Amy - Oct 15, 2014 4:36:31 pm PDT #8264 of 30000
Because books.
I just didn't want to have to think about what I want to do with my life when I grow up this week.
I hear that.
-t - Oct 15, 2014 4:40:50 pm PDT #8265 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You could move to Portland and make artisanal hummus.