Hickies.

I have several.

Break out the collared shirts, because I still have to go to work tomorrow.

Motivation. I needs it.

Our student worker should be starting tomorrow (hopefully), and I'm really looking forward to having her here. She's an awesome, feisty lady and I think we're going to have a great time. At least I hope so. I am thinking having help will enable me to be more accountable for staying on top of my shit.

I have been thinking that maybe what I need right now is not a job change, but a meaningful supplement. I'd love to do more freelance writing. I'd love to just start getting published places. Stories, poems, articles. It doesn't matter what. I feel like getting my name out there could change the opportunities available to me. It would at least bolster my confidence. Any suggestions for starters would be appreciated! (I'm looking at you, twosnoos !)

Additionally, I am trying to find a cheap netbook. Something that's small, cute and lightweight so I can just throw it in a tote and take it wherever I'm going. I love my laptop, but it's kind of big and heavy. Having something that I could fit in my work bag would also mean more writing on my lunchbreaks, and I wouldn't even need to leave the campus once we're set up with WiFi in a couple weeks. Suggestions for that are also welcome. :)

Chin up, Hannah. Christmas is coming. There are vacation days to take and parties to plan.

I am getting a case of job wanderlust. It's still early, so I don't know if this is a temporary or a permanent feeling. I really enjoy my co-workers. I am about to get an amazingly awesome new student assistant. But I just...I don't know. I look at what I'm doing and I feel that maybe I want something vastly different. Something more creative. Something where I write or conceptualize more.

I also keep considering a Masters' in Library Science of some sort. Or maybe an MFA. But I don't really want to teach for a living. And I don't want my career to be that of an admin assistant who squandered her potential to have something better and more fulfilling. I feel like a change in path or education needs to happen before I turn 30, and let's face it, there's not a lot of time left until then.

So...now what?