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Mar. 20th, 2013 04:50 pmI was back at work today, breathing very deeply and showing off my totally invisible new large sinus passage to everyone. I have never had so many people look at my nose.
Work did not wait for me, alas. I scheduled more meetings than I knew what to do with, input the new budget, sassed a lawyer (long story), and then I checked my not-work-and-not-fandom email and found out I'm going to a job interview on Monday. Well, calling in to one, anyway. Apparently I made the first cut for a research job at a prestigious east coast not for profit.
MY LIFE. *hands*
I mean, I'm glad about it, but I really don't want to be faced with the actual decision, in a couple of months, as to whether I want to pick up my entire existence and relocate it to Philadelphia. Don't get me wrong, I like Philadelphia, I spent a summer there and had me a good time, but I have kind of a lot invested in Chicago, too. I suppose I could treat it as a bargaining chip if I wanted a raise, but given I just trimmed five percent off our budget for the next fiscal year, I don't think a raise is coming. I am not irreplaceable.
Clearly I have only one valid option: win the lottery.
Work did not wait for me, alas. I scheduled more meetings than I knew what to do with, input the new budget, sassed a lawyer (long story), and then I checked my not-work-and-not-fandom email and found out I'm going to a job interview on Monday. Well, calling in to one, anyway. Apparently I made the first cut for a research job at a prestigious east coast not for profit.
MY LIFE. *hands*
I mean, I'm glad about it, but I really don't want to be faced with the actual decision, in a couple of months, as to whether I want to pick up my entire existence and relocate it to Philadelphia. Don't get me wrong, I like Philadelphia, I spent a summer there and had me a good time, but I have kind of a lot invested in Chicago, too. I suppose I could treat it as a bargaining chip if I wanted a raise, but given I just trimmed five percent off our budget for the next fiscal year, I don't think a raise is coming. I am not irreplaceable.
Clearly I have only one valid option: win the lottery.
