Well, I did it – my applications for English and Humanities teaching positions for the Dawson Cont. Ed. summer session have been handed in. The girl who took my envelopes even said “good luck”. I have a good feeling about this. If you could all cross your fingers (or your toes or your eyes or whatever you do) to help me along in this, I’d appreciate it. (At this point, the scene near the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone where Ron bellows, “ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?” at Hermione comes to mind, for some strange reason…)

Heck, I’m just impressed that I went ahead and did it. I’m quite good at rationalising the status quo in my life. I like being safe. So this action of actually going out and asking for reference letters, doing the C.V. and taking it in to Human Resources (in person too!) is a huge step for me. I think it’s because I’m looking at this as being an investment in making a better kind of safe status quo. If I have to be in retail, the shop where I work is the best place to be, but there’s a whole other world of career out there.

Plus, I took the 104 bus into town, so I got to see what the route looked like in reverse. I even said to myself, “Self, this is the bus you’ll be taking into work once you get the job and have, say, a ten o’clock class.” (Accentuate the positive!)

Whew!

Now, I wait…