find a new job...and get the courage to quit my current job

I’m moving this to the ‘I’ve done this’ column for now. My work situation is much improved, and I’m working on projects that I’m psyched about. Amazing, the difference that makes!

how i intended for this goal to be completed, but it works.

This goal remains true for the new job, too. Which kinda sucks. Not like unemployment sucks, but still… I commute almost 10 hours a week just for work. Until I got this job, I was able to walk, ride my bike, or hop the bus to work for the preceeding 15 years. Those were the days.

finally! after two years

said he got called for a reference. so this is progress. somewhat.

is tomorrow. they want to do it by phone for some reason, even though they’re right down the street from me. i suppose it’s to treat all the applicants fairly, even those from out of town. kind of makes me nervous though.

so, my presence was requested at a meeting today because i will supposedly have a future interest in what happens there. or so i’ve been told. additionally the prospective employer just couldn’t stop gushing about how perfect i am for the job and how the job is all but gauranteed to be mine. again. they even gave me a grand tour of where the office would be and what my lab facilities would be like. as if i’d never been to the place at all before. but ok. enthusiasm is good. a sealed deal is just better.

interview’s in two weeks.

tomorrow is my last day. why do we always seem to like the places more when we’re about to leave?

although its scary working in such a busy bakery/cafe, its worth gaining the extra experience in another area

threw my hat in the ring. again. maybe i should wear some armor this time.

the job security on this one isn’t as good, and i’m not entirely certain that i could competently do what i’d need to do for this position.

on the other hand, this job will open career doors for me if i get it. it will give me more time with my family, more vacation time, a better work environment, better dental insurance, and give me time to do interesting research without making me feel like i should be doing something else.

it would be a change. and change is good, right?