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What an interesting past week this has been.
First, let's get the marriage nonsense out of the way. Me and what's-her-name were actually getting along pretty good. We didn't discuss the relationship, just other things. But due to financial problems - once again - I'm back to being World's Biggest Asshole. Then, as I put in the Forums, I told her that I am in fact TS and not just CD. For a day or two there she threatened to withhold visitation with my daughter for a variety of reasons. She eventually reversed that and I did get the little angel Sunday through Monday. We had a great time. I miss her so much.
The one history editor job I'm supposed to get has been pushed back at least a month or so. Great. Lovely. I was really counting on that.
But there has been some relief. Yesterday could have been one of the worst days of my life ever, and that's saying quite a bit after all I've been through lately. We thought we might have lost the house for good. There has been a reprieve, which gives me a little more time to pull things together.
Also, yesterday my wife finally passed on a message to me from one of the City Colleges of Chicago. It was a school that I actually should have been at for 9 years now had city politics not killed the job (that's a whole other story). They apparently called Monday but Dumb-Dumb (my, I am becoming vindictive, aren't I?) didn't check the messages until yesterday. The school has three classes available, and I told them I wanted all three. They asked me to come in but the earliest I could get there was this morning since I had to use public transportation.
I got there just fine. They were not prepared at all. First, the chair of the department was nowhere to be found. I did manage to speak to the former chair - the man who really wanted to hire me all those years ago - and he graciously escorted me to the Dean's office. The Dean wasn't there. Neither was the Vice President of Academic affairs. I essentially left my resume and TRANScripts with a woman in personnel, and she said I should hear by the end of the week if I've been approved by the Powers That Be to do these classes. I went back to the Social Sciences office, and, still no sign of the Chair. The administrative assistant - God bless her, a very nice woman - couldn't find the Chair, and nobody knew where she was. So I left, and am now typing this before I had on back to my folks. Essentially I spent several hours, and money that I don't have, in transit for basically nothing. The one good thing is that if I do get this job I will be paid a higher rate since I have a doctorate.
Will I get this job? Maybe, if they get their act together. They seem very interested in me. I figure these classes, coupled with the freelance editing gig, will bring in some nice money, allow me to work in my field, and keep my mind where it should be - focused on improving the future.
So my stress levels are much lower these days. Let's see how I am next week, though.
