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God knows the temperature's hot enough...
This damned egg needs to hatch already. I'm this close to taking a chisel to it, for heaven's sake.
Basically, the egg has hatched. The little birdie (not a chicken, as it turns out, but a redhawk) is poking its beak through the shell. I can see the chick, but it's not quite all the way out yet.
-- Enough of the damned egg metaphor!
I sent my cover letter and resume to the school heretofore known as Another Ohio Institution¹ by email on Saturday, September 3 at 1:53pm. At 2:01, the director of the office wrote back to say that I was just what they were looking for. Things went along just duckily - he called and talked to my current boss and my other references, then invited me down for an interview. Once I got down there, he told me that I was the first person they were interviewing for the position and that they had not even lined up any other interviews at that point - that I was to be the candidate to whom all other candidates would be compared.
No pressure!
Drinking all of that water must have done the trick, because they called me two days after my interview to say that they weren't going to interview anyone else and that they were recommending me for hire.
In the interest of not counting poultry before it's hatched, I took the two phone interviews and one on-site interview that I'd already lined up at other schools. I hesitated to say anything here until it was more certain. The recommendation went through all the proper channels and - apparently - my offer was mailed last Friday. Ahem! It's now Thursday and I still haven't received it, but in the meantime I've driven down to Ohio and found an apartment and picked out my computer hardware and all that.
Now I just have to wait for the damned letter and hope that there isn't some fine print requiring me to eat babies every day because seriously, that would get old after about four days and I'd have to switch to puppies.
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¹ I haven't decided yet how public I'm going to be about the school I'm going to be working at. You can easily figure out what it is, but I haven't quite figured out how my blog is going to change as I enter the professional world and I'm not ready to say the name out loud here and get it all Google-indexed and suchwhat.
srah - Thursday, 6 October 2005 - 10:20 PM
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Comments (22)
Not Your MOM - October 7, 2005 - 2:42 PM - ℓ
I would never live in OH and you will most likely regret it too. However, I realize you have to take a job when it is offered. Congrats!! :-)
Not Your MOM - October 7, 2005 - 4:38 PM - ℓ
Due to your little clue and help from my son and a friend who is from OH, I just checked out your new job/university online. Very impressive. I think you will like it there and it isn't so far away that you can't drive home for the weekend or friends and family can visit you. Mr. B****** once had family living in that area.
Aunt Pat - October 7, 2005 - 5:55 PM - ℓ
Congratulations! I'm very excited for you! The apartment looks very nice.
uncle scott aka scott aka Rover aka Pat's Husband - October 7, 2005 - 6:05 PM - ℓ
I was just informed that you will be joining the workforce. I offer my congratulations and salutions...After all these years obtaining academic Goals, it is about time you entered the real world and learned how the other half lives...
(I understand that all these years in academia enabled you to find this position , etc etc etc... ya ya... whatever... just glad you got here.. now we can talk about 401k's , vacation time etc, ... not to mention that you will shortly uunderstand the term retirement and the fruits it may bear)
Welcome to the real WORLD
your Uncle, and all the other AKAs
Scott
Not Your MOM - October 7, 2005 - 10:57 PM - ℓ
Do you need anything for Your First Apartment? I might have extra furniture or a vacuum cleaner or something you can use. Let me know. Or has your mom been shopping garage sales and holding onto stuff for the day you move out and get your own place? :-)
denzylle - October 8, 2005 - 9:36 AM - ℓ
The clue flew out of the page. Even Denz in England - who knows nothing about American unis - managed to figure it out.
Sad that you're not gonnae be in *********, tho', as I'd like to have used my favorite Ohio quote...
Congratulations on growing up at last. :)
denzylle - October 8, 2005 - 4:51 PM - ℓ
Well, I cannae tell you, 'cos it has a city in it and it'll give away where you're *not* going - which kind of narrows it down a wee bit for any lousy detectives / stalkers who havnae figured it out.
denzylle - October 9, 2005 - 5:32 PM - ℓ
'No, I'm not dead. I'm just in Cleveland.' (said in a resigned fashion as if he might as well be...)
'O.T.P.' (1980)
Congratulations! The apartment looks very nice.
I'm sad that you're leaving, though! :(
When do you start?