New Job Exhaustion

Hello everyone - I know I've been a terribly irresponsible blog owner these past couple of days but I've been more than a bit overwhelmed.

Let's start with the most long term. My final thesis is due on March 1st - freakin MARCH FIRST. It's less than a month away (obviously if this is the 5th) but as one friend said "Aren't you lucky it's a leap year! You get 29 days in Feb." Yeah and aren't you lucky I didn't just take that plucky little attitude and....well you know. So I had a mini breakdown at my thesis meeting on Sunday. I hate when that happens I don't like to cry in front of people even if it's just a few little leaky tears. And it was only made worse but the sympathy. They meant well but it really did make it harder to control. All in all it wasn't too bad - I think maybe it was a premonition about the damn game Sunday night.

Headline in today's paper "ALL IS LOST Patriots 18-0 all for nothing" Pretty brutal huh? I don't think thats the case at all. Of course we'll go down as the biggest choke in football history but we'll get them next year. It's not like we're Susan Lucci or something and have never won.

OK so on to the thing on everyone's mind. The new job. So far I really like it. Its an incredible amount of information to assimilate - especially while I'm trying to finish my thesis. But I have to take the train in and out of the city and I've gotten a ton of writing done while riding so that's a positive.

There are alot of different forms etc that I need to learn and I can't help but thing that there are students that are waiting for things that I don't know about or that are in the pile I just got tonight before I left....we'll see. I do have to say they are unbelievably supportive which is great and I can wear jeans yayyyyyy!

So the job title is:
Assistant Director, Advising and Student Services
Independent Study Degree Program
Interdisciplinary Studies Program
Lesley University

Pretty long winded wouldn't you say? I guess that's how it is in academia.

I have two bosses one is my thesis advisor who I know very well and love dearly. She is the head of the interdisciplinary program. Then I work for the director of the Independent study program. I've been warned about her. Apparently she plays games, is passive aggressive and gossips about people. Nice huh? I think I can handle her. She's used to some young 23 year old with no life experience....that's not me. I've been around the block a time or two... I do have to say that I'm working harder than I ever did at my old job (or maybe in the past year anyway) so of course I have these thoughts of...did I do the right thing?? Of course I did - I know I did.

I'm not sure if I mentioned that the job is temporary. The woman who does the job took a leave so I am just filling in. Basically I'll have it all figured out and then it'll be time to leave. The best news is I may be able to take the summer off before grad school! That would fucking ROCK.

Oh and grad school - damn essays. I'm almost there I really am!

Ok so that's the update - hope you are all well.

And Tyler stop being so smug about the damn Giants.

Ok now for a little music - 1990 The Charlatans UK I was living in the city. Life was good.



God the 90's were a good time for music - this might just be my favorite U2 song. It's for sure in the top 5. I had/have such a mad crush on Edge its nuts. My good friend Shari got me his autograph before prom and we transferred it to my mortar for graduation (is that the right word? Mortar?) Anyway I still have it.



They won't let me embed this so just turn off the lights and light a candle - take a deep breath and listen. After all Lent starts tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AratTMGrHaQ

Heartbroken....

Yes I know it's not th end of the world that we didn't win the superbowl. But 19-0 would have been really nice. What really bugs me is that another Manning gets a ring.....aarrrggghhhh

Have to go to bed early tonignt -first day of my new job tomorrow. I will catch up sometime this week.

New Job

Started my new job this weekend. It was great. Lots to do but I always like that. The biggest news is that my family had a surprise birthday party for me on Saturday night. It was complete surprise since my birthday was in November. It was great - lots of fun.
I have my niece here with me at work today to help me with filing which is unbelievably helpful.

I'm exhuasted but wanted to update - I'll keep you all posted.

Exciting news!!!

Hi Everyone - Sorry I've been off the grid lately but my show really knocked me down in terms of my energy level - add to that the major suckage that is my job and well it's just been a slow depressing week. BUT all that's going to change.

I was on the phone on Wednesday talking to my professor when she asked me the usual question of "how's work". I told her that I had already made up my mind that I was quitting on Monday regardless of whether or not I had a job. (This is not something I have ever done before nor would I do without a lot of thought) I'm not going to get into the reasons why because this is a HAPPY POST.

So my professor mentions a position that is a temporary position (perfect) working for her as a graduate student advisor. I emailed her my resume, she passed it on to the director and the next thing I know I have an interview the next day at 3:30. The interview went swimmingly, I had a phone interview with another person from 4:15-5pm on Friday and Friday at 5:40 I got a call OFFERING ME THE JOB!!!!

I am sooooo happy. I am giving two weeks notice on Monday which I don't think they are going to be happy about but honestly I've stayed places longer than that and it's never good.

So the position is this: basically Lesley University has two "adult" graduate programs one is an independent study model and one is a interdisciplinary model. My job is to recruit, follow up and guide students who are interested in these programs. In a friendly casual environment that doesn't have a CFO with his head up his ass.

The money is a little more and there are benefits even though the job is only temporary. Lisa the woman who has this job is taking a leave and since I'm going to graduate school in September I can't take on a regular job (I mean I could but it wouldn't be right).

Anyway guys I'm so happy right now I feel like a huge load has been taken off my shoulders. I do plan on posting art pictures I just haven't gotten back to the library yet.