Back from the conference in Minneapolis — the conference I thought I would get a job at. And, there were 28 positions available, 7 for interns and more than half for senior or upper level people. Knowing one must buy a lotto ticket to win, I left four resumés and tried to have a good time during the rest of the conference.
I arrived back to Columbus tired and deluged with a ton of work and studying. Comps is in 8 days and I have virtually no studying done, I have classwork for three courses that needs attention, and then there's the fretting about my living situation, jobs, and continual flow of bills and bad news that weighs me down. Praise God for being there and loving us and not leaving because life can really suck some times and I know I haven't seen the half of it yet. $53k in the hole and a seemingly non-existent job market does wonders for instilling hope in the next class of graduates.
Jokingly, the swine flu seems to be the one thing that will be good for the job market as it may thin out competition or create openings — however you'd like to say it. When I made the joke to a friend, I immediately realized that it wasn't all that funny but things can seem so bleak now that one knows there's three ways out of this, either the economy will grow or you or I will have to no longer be looking for work and there's only a few ways that happens — usually disability or death. I'm sure 2008 and 2009 will be record years for suicide — the question is who will outlast the weakest? Even if we survive, we've got years of debt that only our children will be able ("hope"-fully) pay off.... Obama's indentured servitude to be placed on the second and third generation. To be fair, Obama didn't cause this but he ain't helping it either. Now seems like a great time to find a third-world nation or slice of the West to settle down in and go off the grid, get to the simple life, focus on what's important — Jesus and blessing those around you.
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