An oddity: the personal post

[lunabee34]

OMG!

As you may or may not know, I decided to drop out of the Ph.D. program and find a job back in my home town. My husband Josh has been promised a job with his corporation in Hattiesburg (a good job!) and it's been really stressful looking for a job for me. I've gotten shot down at every turn and my last paycheck is December 30 and it's all just a little overwhelming.

Tomorrow I have an interview with the Vice President for Instruction at a community college and I feel really, really good about this job.

Y'all cross your fingers, send me good vibes, pray, light a candle--whatever you do when you need to ask the spiritual realm for a little help for a friend. I really need this job.

*is terrified of screwing this up*

Comments

[phenway.livejournal.com]

!!!

Super good interview vibes coming your way. KNOCK 'EM DEAD!


But this would mean you'd be leaving town (or else having a hella long commute). So I'm going to pout a bit, too.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!

*is nervous*

Yup. We are indeed leaving town. I hope Dec is our last month in Oxford. :(

[thelastgoodname.livejournal.com]

Good luck! That's really fantastic to hear, anyway. (You won't screw up; you're too cool for sch— well, no, you are precisely cool enough for that school.)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

*beams*

You are too sweet.

BTW, I owe you an email like a million years ago, I know, and I am so lame and stressed and driving all over the world every five minutes it seems and I'm sorry and you know how much your friendship means to me and my emailing you back is no barometer of the high regard in which I hold you.

*takes a deep breath*

Clearly I need to go drink some tea now.

[thelastgoodname.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it; I never assume stuff like that, and besides, I seem to recall I haven't emailed you, either. You've got enough on your plate right now to stress about even more.

Also, tea is good.

*hugs*

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is. Mama bought this amazing lavender tea from Teavana and it's divine.

[executrix.livejournal.com]

I knew a move was being bruited. I'm sure you'll ace the interview, since you are very charming and good-looking, which is not universally true among people as intelligent as you are.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww, woman. You are making me feel too good. :) Keep it up. LOL

I am excited and nervous and hopeful and it really helps having you guys in my corner cheering me on.

[iamstealthyone.livejournal.com]

Just said a prayer for you. :) I hope it goes great! Keep us posted!

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much.

I really appreciate it.

I'll let y'all know how it goes.

:)

[jjjean65.livejournal.com]

Good luck. I hope it all goes well for you. :)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Jean.

*hugs you tight*

You know you've been in my thoughts lately. I hope things are going well for you too.

[sweet-exile.livejournal.com]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!

I'm gonna need it.

:)

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

I totally did not know you decided to leave the PhD program! It must have been a hard decision.

Re: Luck for the interview totally don't need me to send you luck, because you are going to kick ass.

(But - good luck!)

I'll see your Lorne and raise you another

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

It was a hard decision. I finished the course work for the Ph.D. in spring 2005 and then essentially did nothing else towards my degree for two years. I made a reading list and I did some reading on it, but I didn't even attempt to pass either of my comps or do any writing on my dissertation. And I honestly, really didn't want to. I just felt done with it, but I was still in the department accomplishing nothing. My husband had/has a lot of resentment toward me because we're in this tiny town where he can't really get a job and I'm not doing what I was here to do. So all around for our family it was the best decision for me to actually get a real job and stop languishing in the department and move somewhere that's gonna be better for him employmentwise. This may sound like Josh was being mean or something, but really no. He has every right to be resentful. This year marks the first time since Emma was born that he's only had to work one job at the time. The first year of her life he worked three. And while I always pulled my weight financially (at the end of the year we usually end up making relatively the same amount), being a student left me with lots of down time or months over the summer where I wasn't drawing any income and it wore on him. /tmi

Thanks for the luck, sweetie. *puts on her ass kicking shoes*

Re: I'll see your Lorne and raise you another

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

I will give you my favourite Lorne icon.

It sounds like the PhD has been a long haul, and it also sounds like this is a decision that you're happy about. You can always go back and do the PhD part-time when you're in the right mind-set/point of your life, right?

Again, good luck with the job interview (May the Lorne be With You) (??WTF? I am a dork).

Never stop being a dork. Please. :)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

I am happy about it. And I can always do something about it later if I choose to.

:)

Re: Never stop being a dork. Please. :)

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

Never stop being a dork. Please

Oh, I'm pretty sure I can guarantee that.

And I can always do something about it later if I choose to.

Exactly!

Re: Never stop being a dork. Please. :)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

You know, I was wondering. Do you have a Parrish icon? Or was his brief appearance too hard to screencap.

Re: Never stop being a dork. Please. :)

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

I don't have a Parrish icon :( I have seen one Lorne and Parrish one, but I think that the lack of light in that Parrish scene made them hard to icon.

Re: Never stop being a dork. Please. :)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Well, rats.

Re: Never stop being a dork. Please. :)

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

Maybe post an inquiry at parrish_lorne? Because I know I have seen at least one out there. I just can't remember where.

Re: Never stop being a dork. Please. :)

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

Huh, in fact, scrolling down the page on that comm shows a Parrish icon! I knew I'd seen one around.

Re: Never stop being a dork. Please. :)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty good one too.

Re: Never stop being a dork. Please. :)

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I liked it! It's cute!

[tabaqui]

Everything crossed, bay-bee.
Just breathe, breathe...

Here, watch Jason, breathe with him.
*hugs*

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Heeeeee!

Thank you!!

*squishy hugs*

[chocgood84.livejournal.com]

*crosses everything for you*

hang in there, luv - you'll do marvelous!

happy thanks, hun!

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Thank you my Bradling!!!

Happy holiday to you, too.

;)