Tuesday of this week, Rachel and I were taken out to lunch by the Washtenaw County Public Health Department staff to commemorate our internships. It was really nice; the staff pooled money together and gave me $65 for our new start in Florida, a really nice card, and a Growing Hope tank top for my days on the beach. Rachel was given a nice foot scrubbing kit (which made her feel slightly insecure about the hygiene of her feet--completely unfounded), a very nice card, and a Growing Hope t-shirt. They thanked us for our work and for a fun summer. We started talking about what Rachel and I were doing after the internship and Jenna joked that because the the diversity of places interns seemed to travel to, she felt that she was vicariously traveling the world through her interns. So, later on that week, Rachel and I created map of the world on a cork board to hang in the office so that when interns were getting ready to leave they could just pin their contact info on the board and then the staff would know where they were. It was a really fun project and we made the continents sort of geographically correct (which was kind of the funny part). At the end we realized that Siberia was just not going to fit on the map (and who would go there anyway, right?) so we cut it off to fit on the map. Everyone loved it at the office and when we told Jenna about Siberia being taken off the map, she said "oh, that's so funny because we actually had an intern travel to Siberia in the summer for another internship." What are the odds? I mean seriously? One of the most desolate, remote places in the world, and of course WCPH had a former intern travel there.
On Friday, it was just me, Therese, Jenna, Deborah, and Amanda in the office which made the office quiet and out of the ordinary. Therese gave me a card and an ornamental frame to hang in my office someday that said "To Good Women, may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them." It was really thoughtful! Therese and I have a lot in common (same sense of humor and thoughts on life) so we have thoroughly bonded over the summer--it was hard to say goodbye to her. We went out to lunch and I just sort of bummed around the office since I didn't have a whole lot to do.
I've been applying for jobs like a mad person. I hope to hear from someone soon, but all I have heard is the position is filled or that I didn't get the job. It sort of takes a toll on you when you've continually had to write about yourself (which I don't particularly like to do) and then patiently wait to hear from them, call and bug them, or wallow in the rejection email they send you. I have my degree now, hire me! I'm just going to have to stay diligent and not take it personally. It's just hard being unemployed after 5 years of having good jobs and not being able to use my degree and experiences.
Despite the job situation, we are getting excited about the move. We've been packing, making lists of what we need to do before we go, and thinking about how great the beach is going to be when we get there. There's a lot to do between now and Wednesday; moving out of state is NOT easy. But once we get there I think we'll wipe the anxiety off our minds and focus on starting up again in a new adventure.
Here's to the future; unknown and limiless!
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