When my research project ended at the end of April I was very relieved since I had so much still coming up with finals, presentations, guests, etc looming not to far off. I was not idle any of that time, but after graduation, I had nothing to do. Well let me rephrase that, I did not have anything outside of the house to do. I had plenty of stuff that needed to be done around the house, but there are only so many hours you can take of staring into the same four walls before you go insane. I started looking for a job right before graduation, even had some interviews, but nothing solid. I was getting rather irritated with not having a job, and so was the husband. Like I said before, I kept busy at home, but it wasn't enough. It would be different if I had a kid, because there would be someone else here, plus I would be able to go place with the kid. But that isn't an option for me just yet, so instead I sit here by myself talking to the cat and the birds in the yard slowly going insane. (I would say not really, but I think talking to animals qualifies you as insane.)
Luckily yesterday and today I got two great phone calls offering my part time jobs. One is for the State Historic Preservation Office, doing Section 106 compliance review. (Preservation stuff which simply boils down to: if federal money is being used, they have to make sure the project does not interfere or harm a historic site, structure, or archaeological site.) The other job is for Richland County GIS office. I will be helping create maps for the county, including an awesome project that will allow emergency personnel here to know the best way to get to your house when you call. So both jobs are going to help me in my future career, and I am even getting school credit for one of them which will put me a full semester ahead of schedule! Neither job starts till June, but at least I know I will soon be out of the house on a regular basis. I can continue working on house stuff until then and manage to keep my sanity. And maybe teach the birds to talk back to me.
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Even if you had a child, you'd still go insane being in the house all day. Possibly even more than now. At least you can talk like an adult to the cat and the birds.
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