weeks and weeks
I'm not sure where my urge to blog has gone, but, as you all well know, it is definitely lacking. such is the beauty of blogging...the ebb and flow of it all. so, as I sit at the receptionist desk of an insurance company, I have plenty of time to write.
there are several great things going on right now. I'll begin with the first bit of this blog, which may prompt the question 'why are you at an insurance company?' as most of you know, I resigned my position at gr, after some major gap in understanding of what my job was between me and my boss. (ie I was not hired to be his family's sick nurse.) the last few weeks at the office were kind of weird, as it is tends to be when your boss isn't speaking to you and one of your 'friends' is also being weird. and then there's all of my working so damn hard and long on projects that were meant to go out before I left and, as I was recently told by a former coworker/friend, have still yet to be delivered to the clients. gross. leaving gr, I was only sad to say goodbye to those coworkers that still have some concept of reality. it seems as if it is so easy to lose this grip on what is okay and acceptable in the workplace when you begin working there. while I have little defense on this position, as I did return to the office, I have to honestly say that I thought there would be some change there. the way my departure went down was hurtful and sad to me but, not totally surprisingly, completely necessary.
so, this week is my first non-gr week in chicago in a long time. I have started temping, hence the receptionist desk and insurance company, and am thinking of finding a server job to fill in some of the nights here and there.
some people may ask how I can just up and quit my job without too much fretting. first off, there was a lot of fretting, but not after a conversation that I had with dg. my quitting was unquestionable after that. secondly, the reason that it is so easy for me to say 'peace' to that toxic space and go about working for misc. offices is because I know I'm going to be starting a doctorate program in autumn. this may be the first that some of you have heard of this; if that is so, my apologies. I began hearing from schools as early as february 13, but didn't want to discuss any decisions that I was going to make until I had heard from all of the schools. so, I have heard from all of the programs and I made a decision, one that has been sparsely publicized as one, no one asks me about where I am going to go and two, I don't know how to go about and tell people what 'the next step' is. deciding to go to madison wasn't the hardest decision; though it is not in a huge city (my geographic preference), I always said that if I was accepted there I would have to go. there are many strengths to the program, one being that there are several people (not just one person) that focus on african studies. and while I am excited, the realization that I will soon begin to do what I have talked about for so long is a bit scary. luckily, I have some good people around me to work through these worries.
in other bits, all is well. I'm spending a good amount of time with my friends, am thinking about how much I need to start the training process again (and soon!), really enjoying my time with m., and planning for my grammy's april trip to chicago. so, things are grand. well, aside from my camera still being broken. maybe that will be next on my to do list.
posted by jennifer @ 3:35 PM
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