one step at a time...

(cue Jordin Sparks...)

OK, so I've been poking around some websites and what I'm finding is that yes, Virginia, there ARE jobs out there. But I can't start applying for them until I update my resume. And maybe make a resume tape. Yikes to that second part.

So, I think what I'm gonna do now is work on my resume and then start applying for these jobs. And I'm gonna go ahead and say right now that some of them are going to be a long-shot. But you can't do any harm by trying, right? So, I'm not expecting the calls to come flooding in, BUT...I know what I need to do next, and then if and when any offers for interviews arise, I'll just cross that bridge when I get there.

Here's something I am worried about -- timing. My contract here isn't up until October, but my lease is up in May. So this is why I feel a sense of urgency about this whole stay-or-go thing. Options:

1) See if I can work out something with the apartment office, like a six-month lease or something?
2) Find a new job before May and hope that they'll let me out of my contract early (wait, I'm not going to be ready to move in May! I don't like this option. I don't think they'd let me out of my contract that early anyway. Forget it, this is not a realistic option).
3) Find a new job and finish out my contract here, and move out of my apartment and live...with my parents? And drive an hour to work every night and an hour back every morning? Ick. I think my sister will be in town all summer/fall...maybe I could work out something with her instead. Ugh, I don't want to be a squatter.
4) Re-sign the lease, but NOT re-sign my contract (lots of people don't re-sign), and work here until NEXT May, by which time hopefully I'll have another job lined up.

Blech. I wish this was just like working out your class schedule at college. I wish you could put everything into a computer and make it spit out an answer, then print it out on a little sheet that you can hang on your fridge and send home to your parents so they know where you'll be in the next year or so of your life.

OK, back to taking things one step at a time: all I need to do right now is update my resume and look into making a tape. And then start applying. And that's it.

Deep breaths.

Looking forward to watching The Bachelor later this morning. Can't wait to swap recaps! :)

Until then...