Yes, that's right the long stretch of unemployment is finally over! I got a job. You think I should be dancing in the aisles, but I'm not. The thing is I settled for something that I'm not really that good at so I could have money coming in. Yet I don't think that it's necessarily a bad thing to cave in. She did call me just when I knew I needed money coming in. A lot of it is just nerves. I do feel like I am selling myself short. That's not the way you're supposed to feel...is it?
Even my father is getting into the act now....telling me how he failed at a similar job...sigh. I am grateful for this opportunity. I still have the feeling that something big is going to happen...that someone will notice my work with the historical society and what I'm attempting to do for the young people in my school district and hire me.
It would be nice to be asked to be a program director...maybe...at least $40,000 a year with benefits....and have the satisfaction that I'm helping a whole generation of young people discover their past and connect with the future. Is it a dream of mine? Yes, I have to admit that it is now. I couldn't have imagined it even a year ago, but with what I learned from the historical societies and their needs, I believe that the time is ripe for someone to be able to coordinate the efforts of the existing organizations through both new and old technologies and get more young people involved in local history. There is so much to do...and so many fields that history touches...that the possibilities are endless.
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