My mantra these days is that my life is just going to be weird for a while. It's takes the pressure off to find some quick version of "normal," and I get to enjoy all these new colorful versions of weird. I do still really want a job someday (soon would be fine), you know, with coworkers and a pay check and a sense of personal industry and dignity. Those are features I am looking for.
But, in the meantime, there is plenty of fun to be had with this flexibility. Yeah, I have plenty of time to travel (if the pass stays clear, I'll be in Spokane this weekend), and receive visitors (any and all visitors). And my financial situation (which is really Matt's financial situation), allows me to jump into opportunities that I wouldn't have forseen for myself. Textbook editing? Why not. The whole science center thing was very fun and fulfilling while I was in Pittsburgh, and they keep asking for extra help on other things- namely, next week we are flying to New York City to attend a conference and present a workshop at the NY Hall of Science. Sure, I can just take a week for that, no big.
And Bart sent me info about a STEM (Science Tech, Engineering and Math) Education meeting in Bellevue. I asked to volunteer, hoping to secure admission. Instead I've been invited to serve as a panelist. Heh, yeah.
Right now I am feeling good about this, I have people to meet and follow up with, and I just got a fairly large editing assignment from China (again! yay!). I am waiting to hear from my algae guy about moving forward on building an algae lab in the garage here to test some of his ideas for lighting ponds and my ideas for problems we might have. I'm thinking of doing a couple day in the life of a job hunter posts on the other blog, frankly the life I am living now seems weird to me too. The downside of all this glamor and unpredictability is I still don't really feel like I live here. I'm looking forward to have some real roots here and a routine, but for now I am just enjoying the ride. After I crack this job thing, I'll have predictability to the point of monotony, no rush yet.
--Update---
And I got invited to the Board Meetings for my local chapter of AWIS (because the people who write the newsletter are in the Board, of course). And the algae guy may be able to co-opt his grandmother's house as a trial site. Does this stuff happen to other people?? Back to reading out spy school for the New York Trip...
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