AHHHHHHHH!!!!

So the whole not-thinking-about-jobs while at the convention didn't really work out. I got an e-mail yesterday letting me know that while Semester at Sea thought I was a great candidate and would bring a lot to the program, the position was offered to someone else. I can still be an alternate - and they definitely encouraged me to apply again - which all sounds great but doesn't really help me much right now.

I'm trying not to panic but it's hard. I have a month and three weeks left and then I will be leaving the country. If I don't get a job by then, how am I supposed to search while traveling in Austria and India? Maybe this is the end of my time in the US. I didn't want it to be that way; if I wanted to move back to Europe, I wanted it to be MY choice.

Oh well....

I went to a concert last night (ha...big surprise there). One of my former RAs - now working full-time but still pursuing her dream as a singer/songwriter had a show. And it was amazing! Seeing her and another former RA, who'd come out to the show, reminded me of all the reasons why I love working in Student Affairs. I'm not ready to give up yet. I'm going to fight....

[If all the other places I've applied to could at least get back to me and maybe give me a phone interview; it's hard to fight when they don't even give you a shot...]