Wish Me Luck Upon a Star

Well, folks, the search is going well -- the one for a new job. And tomorrow (Monday morning at 9:15) I have an interview at the Harvard Grad School of Education in the Student Affairs Office for a Staff Assistant position. The position reports to the Dean, and would deal with everyone from students to faculty to other staff members doing general advanced administration and front desk stuff.

This is the first interview i've had in quite a while that i really wanted to get the job based on the whole package -- the people i imagine will be there, the environment, the actual things that the job requires, the internal and external clients, the benefits and pay -- the whole deal. I'm excited. And trying to be level about it.

Wish me luck coming across as professional polished, competent, and kind.

In other news, this weekend has been a sad and happy one at the same time. I went to Hampshire College this weekend (in Amherst) to memorialize a couple people i knew in college who died in a car accident tragically last fall. Their families wanted to have celebrations for their lives... and everyone else who attended just wanted some closure. It was odd and sad to be back under such circumstances, but there were some wonderful familiar faces. The whole sadness was compounded by the fact that the Hampshire Community just lost a dear professor to leukemia. He was one of the two people on my Division II committee. I am very sad to have lost him. Patty and Drew worked much more closely with him, and we sat outside his office yesterday afternoon leaning on the door. It was really sad.

There were great things about being back there, though. There's nothing like western Mass in the fall time, with the boobilicious hills rolling in the background. I got to go to Atkins Country Market and pick up some delicious coffee and apples and a chocolate croissant (theirs are particularly good), and we went to the Haymarket for some delicious hippy-food.

Speaking of delicious hippy-food, we all had lunch today at this place called "Veggie Planet" in Harvard Square -0- daN and i met Patty and Drew there after Q's doggie event. Having walked from the Common in Downtown Boston, we were keen for food. The food there is tasty-licious and cheap. I highly recommend it!

All in all, a good weekend. It was wonderful to be reunited with friends, and wonderful to be in the Amherst-Noho area. It was also really nice to go on a hugely long walk with daN today.

Again, wish me luck with the interview tomorrow. I doubt it will be the last if i make it, but please wish for me that i make it!

And now, for your moment of Zen: the dinnerware that daN and i picked out at Crate and Barrel today.