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9:57 a.m.

Yesterday morning I had an interview for a receptionist (sigh) position at a medical facility.

Pros: Part-time, so I could work on art a lot. Mindless, so I'd hypothetically have lots of energy for art. Decent wage for this town. Room for "advancement." Nice co-workers. Probably not stressful. Would be able to pick up extra shifts for extra money. Good benefits.

Cons: All shifts are evening shifts, the exact opposite of my husband's schedule, and I am a morning person. Not challenging to me. I'd have to work every other Saturday and two holidays a year. I'd be on call some Sundays. Job consists solely of answering the phone and having people fill out paperwork. I have a degree in art.

This morning I had a job at a home designing business.

Pros: Decent starting wage, with promises of tons of big raises. All holidays off. I'd get a discount. I'd be working with customers to design kitchens, pick out cabinets and paint colors, possibly flooring and windows. This job would be fulfilling and utilize my creative abilities and my people-liking. It would be super challenging--lots to learn, I'd be seeing projects through from start to finish. Super nice co-workers. I'd eventually work on my own with clients with little supervision. This is 'career' job and not a job job.

Cons: It's full-time, maybe more, so I'd have way less time and energy for art. I'd work some Saturdays. It would likely be exhausting and stressful, especially for the first year, during the training period. Math. It's sort of scary, thinking about how much there is to learn and all the responsibility.

The design interview went really well, and I was promised a second interview for Monday morning, and told that "really, we really like what we see here." As I was being interviewed, the other place left me a voicemail and I was offered the receptionist job. I called them and told them I was interested but that I had some other options to weigh, and could I please talk it over with my husband and wait until Monday to make my decision? (I figure by then I'll probably sort of...know.) They weren't super excited to wait, and I told them I understood if they needed to fill the position before then, and if they needed to use someone else I would understand completely. So they're going to try to wait until I call on Monday. I hope I handled the situation correctly. It's sort of hard to know what to do.

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WHAT A WEEK.

So...now I'm going to finish packing, and we're going to fly to L.A. for J's sister's wedding.

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