First and foremost, you should know that I am drinking at this very moment a Ginger Martini and that it is delicious.
I am also currently watching the Wife play Skyrim, which is both beautiful and expansive.
Which is all to say that the end of the semester has rolled around, and the holidays are once again upon us.
I was expecting to be thoroughly stressed right about now, but with absolutely zero interviews upcoming at the APA, I really don't have too much to worry about. I'll go to the meeting, schmooze, talk, meet new people, hear some awesome papers and generally see what there is to see - but not having any interviews means not stressing about interviews.
Hence the martini, among other things.
Not stressing means being free to do what needs to be done - like spending the day working up a writing sample to submit as an article (at some point). I've also made solid progress on my fourth chapter, submitted an abstract to an international conference and applied to a competitive graduate research forum. Bam. Productivity.
Never mind that it might all be for naught if I can't get a job... Ha-ha-ha! Eh-heh... heh... hrm...
Right. So! Holidays! We leave to go visit the Wife's side of the family in a few days. It should be wonderful. A week of lazing about, reading books, playing board games, and generally spending time with family.
It doesn't help that family that has a well stocked wine cellar to boot...
4 comments:
Ah, hooray! The Enjoyment Part Of The Semester has arrived...congrats!
The whole job market thing sucks. Ginger martinis should help with the pain, though, I think.
Don't forget that being finished often trumps the potential of being finished soon, despite all your potential wonderfulness.
So go be productive and prepped for next year? Yeah, that sounds like sucky comforting. Go have a second martini instead.
There might be some spring job offerings that will come up. Not sure about your field, but in English, it seems like all the jobs that will go to star scholars will be posted in the fall, and all the reasonably attainable jobs will be posted in the spring, especially jobs that ABDs might have a chance at.
Good luck. It's a right pain in the ass.
Hope you're having a good trip, Hark!
ps: back at Blogger. Don't judge. ;)
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