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I may have mentioned applying for a position with Willamalane Park and Recreation District as Early Childhood Education and Specialized Recreation Supervisor for the new recreational facility in Springfield. I was fortunate enough to have been among the finalists interviewed for the position(!) My interview was Friday, November ninth and was met with anxiety and some relief after having prepared so zealously, now appropriately adorned for the occasion. The panel asked a series of questions to which I answered the best I could under the spotlight. The answers came to me as I began to speak, though I was nervous; and although I thought I answered pretty damn well under pressure, looking back on the experience, I am truly unaware of how I was received. I can only speculate as I patiently wait out the one to two week period. If a second interview is warranted I am certain to have the job. But if I am not called, I must not despair. After all, it was only my very first interview for a professional job on a panel, no less. There are other finalists in competition. I was assured that my resume was highly impressive and that they really wanted to “just get to know me” which elicited the idea that perhaps in some manner I'd already been chosen; though, maybe the other finalists' resumes were impeccable, too. I find myself going back and forth in thought. It may behoove me to forget about the position altogether for now...
Difficult it is to imagine an enormous shift in my life as I make this transition. Writing my last papers, taking my last exams, fighting the very last battles of campus life, feeling the culmination of it all coming to a head as I know how close to the end I am, with only three remaining weeks, yikes! Excited I am, truly, I am ready to be done. Retrospectively, I cant imagine being a professional, having a “real” job, having important and challenging real life problems to solve, doing what I love and having my time also occupied; in some ways I'm not so sure I am ready; in others, I feel the inevitability of it all... this is a shift in my routine like no other ever will resemble..
Today was my daughter Carli's tenth birthday. I can hardly illustrate the feelings I have inside, reminiscing the time of her birth and all the time in between up through this moment... it is truly amazing seeing and feeling her growth and mine over the years, difficult and incredible comes the belief that a decade had passed, and what this means in terms phases, as though I've reached a new age of maturity, too.
Now that I am less occupied with school and papers to write, so shall I be more inclined to update here. La langua de mi aprender toma muchas formas...
Difficult it is to imagine an enormous shift in my life as I make this transition. Writing my last papers, taking my last exams, fighting the very last battles of campus life, feeling the culmination of it all coming to a head as I know how close to the end I am, with only three remaining weeks, yikes! Excited I am, truly, I am ready to be done. Retrospectively, I cant imagine being a professional, having a “real” job, having important and challenging real life problems to solve, doing what I love and having my time also occupied; in some ways I'm not so sure I am ready; in others, I feel the inevitability of it all... this is a shift in my routine like no other ever will resemble..
Today was my daughter Carli's tenth birthday. I can hardly illustrate the feelings I have inside, reminiscing the time of her birth and all the time in between up through this moment... it is truly amazing seeing and feeling her growth and mine over the years, difficult and incredible comes the belief that a decade had passed, and what this means in terms phases, as though I've reached a new age of maturity, too.
Now that I am less occupied with school and papers to write, so shall I be more inclined to update here. La langua de mi aprender toma muchas formas...