watch out for the mastodons....
can you believe that i'm posting on a day other than friday? i know, it's weird. let me tell you about two of the biggest things that have happened to me in the past couple of weeks. two thursdays ago, i had my second nondate of the year. thye're both "non"dates in that both times a girl asked me out, and both times they (allegedly) already had boyfriends. the first one was actually a former student of mine and, had we fallen passionately in love, would have made me feel like teaching college students was totally worth it. but we didn't, so i don't. the second date was a set up by #2, and this girl was supposed to be my soulmate. (mom was very excited.) but between the time she met #2 and the time she met me, she found herself a little boyfriend. which is fine. i tend to have low expectations about first meetings, because i'm generally either disappointed in the other person or myself. so we meet, have dinner, and depart an hour later. it was fine--not spectacular, not terrible. i may have come off a touch dark, but at least i didn't call her "haiti." and i made her laugh a few times...chicks dig that. i haven't talked to her since, but i'd guess we would have had there been no boyfriend involved.
the bigger news, in my opinion, is the news i alluded to in the previous post: i have a (somewhat formal) job offer on the table. (mom is very excited...sort of...i think. i'll let her comment on her joy in my finding a job versus her despair that any future grandkids could be all the way across the country.) a friend from graduate school who got a great job in atlanta, of all places, has offered me a great position at his research firm. i'd be doing good research, and i wouldn't even have to talk to any strangers! although eventually i would have to be a manager, which could be ruinous. so here i am, twenty-six years old, considering my first job not involving a restaurant or mall, my second move to the east coast, and my ensuing overhauled life. what to do? am i ready to grow up? to leave behind my friends? to put myself out there and try to make new ones? to have a career? to have real responsibilities with real rewards and consequences? will they be ok with me coming into work at 2 pm? can i handle wearing suits everyday? could a real job actually kill me? i have answers to three of these questions. if yall could answer the rest for me, that'd be great. thanks!
posted by rusty @ 8:37 PM
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Which three do you have answers to? I can tell you that if I had grandchildren anywhere else in the world, I have the time and the money to see them regularly. You will just need a big house.
I realize that a 63 year old mother who still agonizes over what she is going to put in her 39 and 26 year old sons stockings at Christmas, may have made both sons a little too comfortable. So for this I apologize-now get over it and make an adult decision or it's socks and underwear in the stocking this year.
One answer is NO. The rest should be YES. You match them up.
stay. for me. for yd. for mattie.
hmmm...I too am facing life changing decisions. now that i have started getting interviews for residencies across the nation, i have to make a choice that will directly affect how i eat, sleep, work for the next 3 to 5 years. i bet it doesn't help that i'm hedging on which specialty to choose. r-kins, i'm not sure how i'll solve this problem, but methinks a magic 8 ball would be a good investment for us both. :)
hmmm... here's an interesting concept... try being the one TO ASK girls out and not wait to be asked... maybe this way, they won't already have boyfriends!
as for your life decisions... you've already heard my take on it... embrace new challenges... you're too young to choose "comfortable."
rusty, you are braver than you think. a move to the real world might just be the perfect thing for you. and life outside waco, as scary as it is, can be fun... sometimes. maybe the east coast wans't ready for you the first time. of all the places to go, atlanta doesn't look too bad to me.
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