The word is in, and it is not good. The agency that I hoped to work for has hired someone else. I can’t argue; I was told the qualifications of the person chosen, and I was indeed outclassed in the matter of experience. That’s why they stalled me the other day; they were waiting to see if the other person would accept. I was second choice.
The lawyer who told me all this also told me that if they get another opening, he’ll let me know forthwith, and that the article in the paper didn’t bear on the decision at all. He said, and I quote: “We’ve been around state government long enough to know what that really means.”
I’m disappointed -very. I had hopes for this for so many reasons, not least that I didn’t want to have to rely on my in-laws, as we will now be forced to do. But I sent out more resumes today, and have a few more to attend to tomorrow. Wick sent a bunch out, too. That he is ready to do that is a wonderful thing indeed. He’ll do his best, and I’ll do mine, and maybe I’ll even manage to get something like this grant-writing thing going. We’ll be ok in the end. But right now, I’m not the happiest shark in the tank.