Zen and the Art of Changing Careers

As of today at noon, I am gainfully employed once again. Yippee!!! The Center at the University offered me the position in their office this morning and since I was already in the same building for class, I accepted in person. Yes, Yes, Yes.

This is the job I had started thinking about in May. Maybe it was all meant to be.

I start on Monday, and since I am in class full-time all this week, summer ended for me sometime last week. Even though I have two big papers to write and a few books to read before the end of August and will now do it while working, I am happy to have a job.

And another thing... I have never been so ZEN about the ending of the summer and the coming of fall. It may be the first time in eight years that I have some time to enjoy the changing of the seasons. I have not had scary, dreadful classroom nightmares, I have not wanted to cry at the sight of school supply ads, I have not melted down at the thought of returning to wearing long pants, I have not put a lock down on Labor Day Weekend since school starts right after, I have not started writing syllabi or other "handouts".

I am returning to work on Monday with a nice boss, a challenging and interesting job, a cubicle few feet away from my classes, free tuition, and no need to drive my car. Again: Yippee!