We were hoping Travis would hear from the job he wants yesterday. The person in charge leaves for China for two weeks on Monday. We didn't here. I don't think he will hear anything until May now- if at all.
Instead he got a random phone call from a school in Vermont that he was sure he bombed a phone interview for a while back inviting him to interview on campus.
I found myself getting really stressed, but then let it go. He won't take a job that doesn't support the family, so it is his search to do. While I have veto it is in an area I really can't stand, short of that, I'm letting go. Honestly, it feels great to not be the one making the decision for our family for once :) Every move in our marriage until now has been connected to my jobs, not his.
Robin, the 80s party sounds like fun- Travis doesn't like going to parties either.
My staff had a party themed "would you still be my friend if I wore this" party after the students left last year. I wasn't there, but I heard the outfits were hysterical.
We were hoping Travis would hear from the job he wants yesterday. The person in charge leaves for China for two weeks on Monday. We didn't here. I don't think he will hear anything until May now- if at all.
Instead he got a random phone call from a school in Vermont that he was sure he bombed a phone interview for a while back inviting him to interview on campus.
I found myself getting really stressed, but then let it go. He won't take a job that doesn't support the family, so it is his search to do. While I have veto it is in an area I really can't stand, short of that, I'm letting go. Honestly, it feels great to not be the one making the decision for our family for once :) Every move in our marriage until now has been connected to my jobs, not his.
I worked like crazy last week. New jobs are hard. I love the new company and I want to work hard to be recognized as a contributer. It's been a long time since I felt that way about a company.
So, I traveled Monday and Tuesday (drove 3 hours each way and will do that once a week for a while). Then I worked every evening this week trying to get some extra stuff finished.
I'm supposed to stay out of Travis's way today and keep the kids out of his way. Dude gets edgy with end of semester paper deadlines, lol.
I am daydreaming of my own washer and dryer as I hike across campus to put money on my university ID card so I can do laundry (machines don't take quarters after students used their smarts to tie a string to a quarter and pull it back out.). Some day, I will have my own. Right? I hope?
We had a huge incident on campus yesterday, I'll share in a minute. For once, at least it had a happy ending.
Oh, and next week is staff appreciation week so I need to make this huge banner and figure out what else I am going to do. Crap. I have a lot to do it seems.
ok, i know some here have had positive experiences with greek life on campus. I sort of get it, though I personally was never involved. We've even debated hazing, and is it really that bad... blah blah blah.
A student, dressed up in shirt and tie, went missing at 6am on a sat morning while looking for an "artifact" as part of an initiation prank along the rivers edge. Student never returns. The greek group calls police two hours later. Bring in 4 agencies, helicopters, 100 search volunteers. He turns up 8 hours later, wandering around back to the fraternity not too far from where he started, with mild hypothermia.
The fraternities line: this wasn't hazing. There was no alcohol. He was well rested.
My line: wtf are you doing out at 6am on a saturday, and who is going to pay the very very expensive bill for your dumbass artifact "prank"? We all really (really) thought we lost a student yesterday. Yes, I'm happy he is ok, now I'm beyond annoyed that I'm very sure the organization will turn super tight lipped about the whole thing since it all turned out "fine".
ok, i know some here have had positive experiences with greek life on campus. I sort of get it, though I personally was never involved. We've even debated hazing, and is it really that bad... blah blah blah.
A student, dressed up in shirt and tie, went missing at 6am on a sat morning while looking for an "artifact" as part of an initiation prank along the rivers edge. Student never returns. The greek group calls police two hours later. Bring in 4 agencies, helicopters, 100 search volunteers. He turns up 8 hours later, wandering around back to the fraternity not too far from where he started, with mild hypothermia.
The fraternities line: this wasn't hazing. There was no alcohol. He was well rested.
My line: wtf are you doing out at 6am on a saturday, and who is going to pay the very very expensive bill for your dumbass artifact "prank"? We all really (really) thought we lost a student yesterday. Yes, I'm happy he is ok, now I'm beyond annoyed that I'm very sure the organization will turn super tight lipped about the whole thing since it all turned out "fine".
