Wednesday

[clevermanka]

Guardian
Actual, legitimate tears of laughter CANON.
naye indulges my smoking kink.
Bai Yu singing a song that Zhu Yilong sang last month.
Fanart: Blushing ear. Little Ghost King in the snow. The likeness!

Thanks, all, for the encouraging words during my extended, slo-mo breakdown. I have very few coping mechanisms for anxiety besides crawling under the covers and trying to breathe. I'm anxious about everything right now and things are a little bit extra stressful because I decided to apply for a job.

Turns out the two remaining full-time staff people in the KU English are retiring this semester. Because Budget, the university is eliminating both the positions to combine their top duties into a new job. I'm applying for it.

I've literally done or at least closely assisted both of them with many aspects of their jobs. I'm practically already trained, and obviously I'm already familiar with the department. And after nearly a year and a half of unemployment I can say with conviction that holding down a job was not the largest factor in my health problems.

The only hitch is that the college is involved in the hiring process. Since I'm sure the college is why my job was cut instead of moved to a central office (like every other person who had a similar job at KU) that's a little discouraging but hopefully they won't have veto power.

The job is supposed to post at the end of this month/early next and the position has a November something start date. 🤞🤞🤞

Comments

[thetimesink]

Good luck!!!!

[clevermanka]

Thanks!

[winter_blossom]

Good luck!!!

[clevermanka]

Fingers crossed!

[minoanmiss]

*hugs you encouragingly*

[clevermanka]

*accepts gratefully*

[trobadora]

Good luck!

[clevermanka]

Thank you!

[naye]

FINGERS CROSSED SO HARD. Is there anything I can do for extra good luck vibes? (I mean you are competent and awesome and deserve to be hired so you should have this covered but just in case...!)

AH I had not seen Bai Yu sing the song and now. And now. I am feeling emotions??

[clevermanka]

I'll let y'all know to start lighting candles for me when I start working on my resume. Not... really joking.

I am feeling emotions??
TOOT TOOT goes the RPF train to hell 🚂🚂🚂

[naye]

I have the emergency candles ready! (Due to clumsy cats we usually stick to electric candles, but I'm not sure that does the trick?)

[clevermanka]

It's definitely the thought that counts.

[naye]

Then I will break out a fresh electric candle when needed. ♥

[xparrot]

Good luck with the job applying! And thanks for the links, they're fun to have! 😄

[clevermanka]

Thank you and you're welcome!

[nnozomi]

Best luck with the job, I will think of you and it when I light my Friday candle this week.

[clevermanka]

Thank you very much.

[seascribble]

*snarls threateningly in KU's general direction* Good luck bb!

[clevermanka]

I feel well defended! ❤

[feroxargentea]

Crossing all my fingers and toes.

[clevermanka]

All digits on board, for real.

[khellekson]

YES to applying to the new job! I remember the staff jobs not turning over very often (I was a work-study student in English until I started TA'ing). Their names reverberate! (Esp. Barb's. Were you here for Barb?) Good luck and all the hugs!

[clevermanka]

I was NOT there for Barb, but I did work at KU with A Barb and there must be something about the name Barb because damn that was a memorable woman.

[khellekson]

Actually I just mentioned Barb to my husband, and he remembered her retirement party in great detail: the Big Pink Thing sang "Wing Beneath My Wings," which was awful, but no one could look away. She was the scheduling officer for many years in FSE.

[clevermanka]

Now I'm dying to know who's Big Pink Thing.

[plingo_kat]

*sends slightly belated well wishes* <33 job hunting is always stressful

[clevermanka]

The job hasn't even posted, yet, so not belated at all. Thank you!

[tinny]

Hilarious! (I especially love the comment with Z1L on that game show jumping over a hoop. O_O SO cute!!!!)

The smoking kink leaves me cold ;), but the sharing between him and Pangzi most certainly does not. Uuuh.

Very very very good luck on getting that job! Keeping my fingers crossed so hard for you. <3

[clevermanka]

Thank you for the crossed fingers!