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Angst, daydreams, nostalgia, etc. etc.
Feb. 26th, 2008 11:09 amHey there.
Here I am wasting time at the computer lab. I miss Norway. I have been looking at the few online pictures I can find of that place I went to that one time, Ervika, with the little valley with the church and farmhouses and the little beach and the Nazi tunnel, goats, and cliffs. Why isn't that an American national park so I can work there this summer (and get paid)? Sigh.
Selawik National Wildlife Refuge in NW Alaska wants to hire me. As is always true, I am having a hard time making a decision. Yes, it would be cool to say I lived above the Arctic Circle in an Inupiat village by the sea. But I can't find a round-trip ticket to Kotzebue for less than a thousand dollars, and I can't really realistically afford that. And the work would mostly be in an office with only a few trips out to the refuge to help with research. Yes, I would be one of the few white people and get valuable job skills and eat all kinds of berries and fresh fish and maybe see caribou or a wolf and sit by the cold sea and who knows who I'll meet. But also I'll be stuck in an office and answering phones and $2.00 for an apple and maybe lonely in my empty bunkhouse. And it is really flat in Kotzebue. Really Flat. And no trees.
Cons:
$1000 plane ticket
Office work
Really Flat
Sigh.
I've already accepted the offer. But I am thinking about holding out for a better one, and then being a jerk and telling Selawik I changed my mind, leaving them having to look all over again for someone to hire. Argh.
Should I tell them now that I changed my mind, before I have a solid second offer? Or should I wait until I get another job, then turn Selawik down? Or should I just go to Kotzebue?
In other news, I am still hanging in with school, stressing out but doing well. Recently I came to the conclusion that to do the really important key things, like getting through school and getting an ok start to my career, I will have to let go of some things, like wanting to volunteer at cool places and applying for a bunch of scholarships. That's how I can keep from getting overwhelmed. So I'll try to remember that. But where's the time for a boyfriend?
I've started a Fridays-only gardening job, so I'll soon have a little income. One of my roommates moved out, so we're looking for a new one (please be cool and silly). Why can't real life roommates be like summer job roommates? I ask you.
Jeez, I thought I was more interesting than this. Sorry, dear 1,000,000 loyal readers.
Here I am wasting time at the computer lab. I miss Norway. I have been looking at the few online pictures I can find of that place I went to that one time, Ervika, with the little valley with the church and farmhouses and the little beach and the Nazi tunnel, goats, and cliffs. Why isn't that an American national park so I can work there this summer (and get paid)? Sigh.
Selawik National Wildlife Refuge in NW Alaska wants to hire me. As is always true, I am having a hard time making a decision. Yes, it would be cool to say I lived above the Arctic Circle in an Inupiat village by the sea. But I can't find a round-trip ticket to Kotzebue for less than a thousand dollars, and I can't really realistically afford that. And the work would mostly be in an office with only a few trips out to the refuge to help with research. Yes, I would be one of the few white people and get valuable job skills and eat all kinds of berries and fresh fish and maybe see caribou or a wolf and sit by the cold sea and who knows who I'll meet. But also I'll be stuck in an office and answering phones and $2.00 for an apple and maybe lonely in my empty bunkhouse. And it is really flat in Kotzebue. Really Flat. And no trees.
Cons:
$1000 plane ticket
Office work
Really Flat
Sigh.
I've already accepted the offer. But I am thinking about holding out for a better one, and then being a jerk and telling Selawik I changed my mind, leaving them having to look all over again for someone to hire. Argh.
Should I tell them now that I changed my mind, before I have a solid second offer? Or should I wait until I get another job, then turn Selawik down? Or should I just go to Kotzebue?
In other news, I am still hanging in with school, stressing out but doing well. Recently I came to the conclusion that to do the really important key things, like getting through school and getting an ok start to my career, I will have to let go of some things, like wanting to volunteer at cool places and applying for a bunch of scholarships. That's how I can keep from getting overwhelmed. So I'll try to remember that. But where's the time for a boyfriend?
I've started a Fridays-only gardening job, so I'll soon have a little income. One of my roommates moved out, so we're looking for a new one (please be cool and silly). Why can't real life roommates be like summer job roommates? I ask you.
Jeez, I thought I was more interesting than this. Sorry, dear 1,000,000 loyal readers.
