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Thanks for all the nice comments about my book proposal last blog post. I spent quite a bit of time last week working on the first act and I'm happy with the results so far.
For Easter weekend my housemate invited me to join their family for dinner since I had no place to go. I agreed and had a lovely time.
We drove about an hour from the apartment on a roller-coaster of roadways throughout the mountains up to Lake Travis(Austin is in Travis County). Thankfully I don't get motion sickness generally, because if I did this particular trip could have gotten messy. My ears haven't popped so much in a 24 hour period since the last time I took a ride on an airplane.
Lake Travis is where Austin gets most of its water. Last year, due to drought, they were down to somewhere around 10% on the Lake, but we've had a lot of rain recently and I got a chance to see it full to the brim.
I'm happy to be able to say that as of the time of this posting, my search for a job is over! I actually could have posted about this yesterday, but I didn't want to deal with any question as to whether this was a weird April Fools joke...
I'll keep the detail close to the vest for now, but here's what I will say.
1. While the job is not in the non-profit sphere, it will still allow me to help people in a very real way, which is great.
2. It's less than a 10 minute commute.
3. It's not an industry I have much prior experience with directly, but my Juris Doctorate was a real plus when it came to securing the position.
4. My skill-set is pretty much a perfect match for the what they were looking for.
5. I'll still have ample time for volunteer work and my writing.
6. The price was right.
I'm currently working on getting all of the proper certification and licensing under my belt, but I'll start working very soon.
So with that said, I need to get back to my studies. I'll leave you with another picture from Lake Travis over Easter weekend.
(The sunset represents the end of my unemployment... or something.)
