It's not too exciting in here at the moment. Our tech is off for the day and our boss is away as well. For better or for worse, knowing my time in here is extremely limited and knowing I don't plan to do research in this form once I'm done here has changed my priorities - and therefore my motivation.
I'm certainly spending time at the bench, but I'm being very choosy in what experiments I do. Really, I'm trying to get the most useful information out of 4 months. At the same time, I'm trying to ease out of this life into whatever one is waiting for me beginning on July 1st. I'm spending a lot of time doing what will benefit me in the end. I'm searching for jobs. I'm writing this blog. I'm reading and reading and reading whatever I can find about alternative careers and other blogs about education and being a woman in science.
Still not much progress job-wise - but I've only been at this for a week, so I won't get too disappointed in myself quite yet. Today I sent my CV to an on-line tutoring service - they're interested in me, but currently at maximum capacity within my field. I've been told I'll be contacted when there's an opening - hopefully this is true.
This weekend I'll be getting my materials ready to a) resend in regards to the adjunct position that I misdirected, b) send the first round of materials to another local college expecting to have openings in a year or 2 and c) switch my CV over to a resume (my business-type husband is going to help me out here - I'll blog about how to do this once I've learned myself) so that I can apply for a part-time grant writer position. My deadline is Monday to get these three things going. Slow and steady wins the race, right?
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