On the Hunt!

Well a fresh round of interviews start tomorrow. Call it round 3. Round 1 was back in April and May with me supposed to interview at 4 places. I ended up canceling one of the interviews. I got turned down for one of the jobs, and got two job offers, but alas my wife was not up for moving to the towns the jobs were in.

Round 2 ended Monday after I waited 2.5 weeks to hear whether I got the job or not.
(Note to people hiring people: 2.5 weeks is a long time to make someone wait.) Fortunately, I was turned down. My brain said it was a good job, but my heart was having a hard time justifying moving there. Had a lot to do with the place having the third highest crime rate in Kansas....and for some reason everyone got this look of horror when I mentioned the name of the place....always a bad sign...
But it would have meant a really cool workplace with some really cool people, and a step up from my current job.

Round 3 starts tomorrow. Who knows how this will go, it is the first interview that leads possibly to a second interview in front of the full library board. And there are applications out at three other places, but no firm dates on when the interview will be, or even if it will be.

But the good thing now is I really don't feel the pressure anymore. I have an awesome job, with awesome benefits (so far no place has come close to the benefits I have, financial, not professional). Sure I struggle with the way things are, and how I think they should be, and yeah, I would like to go to a national conference at some point. Hopefully, ALA midwinter in Denver is a possibility.

Until then, I will just enjoy having my degree in two weeks, having an awesome wife and son and a wonderful place to live out in the country.