Jobs!

"When it rains, it pours." I've heard this statement many times in the past couple of weeks. Two jobs came up recently--ones I would enjoy--and I interviewed for both. It was so fun, as both interviews were positive, relaxed, and as I said before, for jobs I would enjoy. It was a new sort of feeling.

The even better news is--I got both of them! Well, sort of. I'm going to be a graduate assistant for English profs at Grand Valley State, where I'm getting a masters. I won't be teaching; instead, I'll be helping to edit a newsletter on Flannery O'Connor and a journal on E. E. Cummings! I was also up for a full-time writer job at the Holland newspaper. However, in the end it worked out that I could write some freelance feature articles, allowing me to take both jobs. I will be busy when the school year starts, so we'll see what happens, especially with the Brewery job. I'm just really thankful for jobs where I can write and be creative, learn practical skills, and work with nice people.

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