Leave of absence…
So I went to the BIG meeting and was told that my dismissal process had started on Monday. This meeting (on Thursday) was just a formality to let the me know about the department’s decision to dismiss me. Great. Verdict and sentencing before I was even aware there was a problem. I am taking a temporary leave of absence from all things academic until further notice, effective yesterday at noon. I was very unhappy at grad school anyway. This semester my disenchantment with grad school was at its worst. I wasn’t sleeping or eating or even teaching very well. My schoolwork suffered a lot. I need a break, the opportunity presented itself, and so I took one.
I feel slightly giddy. I actually got some sleep! I haven’t been able to sleep in months. This may be a veeerrry dangerous thing.
I applied for a job online Thursday afternoon and was called Friday afternoon for a phone interview. I have a final interview on Monday! I just applied. They said it would take at least a week to hear anything from them. This just affirms my belief in everything happens for a reason and there are no coincidences in life. Yeah me.
Vickie said,
November 6, 2004 @ 5:31 pm
Wow! I’ll never complain about communications at my job again…well, I’ll try not to anyway
But like you say, everything always happens for a reason and I for one do not believe that a door is shut without another one opening. Good luck on your new adventures!
conscious thought said,
March 18, 2005 @ 6:56 am
I had a friend who went from job to job. This person had the same complaint about each job – "the company does not know what they are doing," or "my manager is wrong," etc.
Being a scientist, let me ask you. When you introduce a new variable to an existing condition, yet the results are the same … is the problem the variables that are introduced … or is it the one thing that was constant with each experiment? I.e. my friend.