A heartfelt thanks to both Kate and Jenn who offered words of support after my admittedly-pathetic last post. I ended up sending an email to my two main professors from the grad program. One of them agreed to go through his mental rolodex for any jobs I am interested in and see if he has any contacts there. If so, he said he’d be happy to write a letter/make a phonecall of introduction, so that’s nice at least.

Today I applied for a job shipping packages for a local chocolate company, applied for a job as a senior analyst for an energy efficiency nonprofit, and showed up for my first temp agency posting. Such is mi vida loca these days.

The temp agency thing is a three day thing staffing the check-in table at a local business expo. It’s more of a business-to-business type thing, but they said they’ll let us walk around the exhibitors hall for a while if we want, so I’m bringing some resumes just in case. Also a guy I’ve been connected with that might throw some consulting work my way will be there, so I’ll get to introduce myself to him too.

But really. I need structure. I need at least a few definitives in my professional life. I’d like that to start soonish rather than laterish.

All is not hopeless, last post notwithstanding. I just really want stuff to start happening soon.