So, the recruiting season is beginning in full force in November. Much to my own distress, I have made my share of blunders so far-putting Mr. instead of Ms. on an email because I can't tell the gender of a name of a director or even putting the wrong school name on a letter. I feel so "freshman" when I do these things...yet it excites me. It makes me feel that sense of adventure I so long for...that out-of-the-box experience which almost promotes making mistakes and teaches everyone to laugh at themselves more often. Thus, although I am humbled, I do not lose hope...I just learn to be more patient in all things.
I am attending a recruitment fair for Latin American schools in December here in ATL with two friends. Hopefully we will be able to interview at schools that interest us and we will come out of there as strong candidates for available positions. After that, it's a wait and see game. In the meantime...one detour on this road has been-reconnecting with some old friends from my HS and Auburn days....and wondering if I am to stay and build on some of those relationships rather than leave. Another issue that has come up is that my daughter graduates from college next December and my son from HS in May- some have implied that I am being selfish-that the needs of my kids during these transitions to the job force and college are a blindspot in my thinking and reasoning. Then there is the pesky little detail that lurks in the back of my mind-I might not even be offered a resonable contract for a job-THAT would be a roadblock for sure.
Yet, I press on. Like my dad often says, "everything always works out the way it's supposed to"...so, for what it's worth, detours, roadblocks and blindspots be darned....I'm just waiting for it all to just "work out".
