| I'm still at work. Technically, my last day was on Tuesday to coincide with the "end of January." It's been interesting to see the flux of different emotions that I've been feeling since leaving on Tuesday till now. On Wednesday, I woke up wanting to go back to work. My boss and I have this saying when we start missing each other. She told me over Christmas that she had "Maida" withdrawal. I, in turn, on Wednesday had a case of "Jen" withdrawal. Arianna (IV friend from SC) and I were on our way to an art gallery when she gives me a call around 2:00. She tells me that Jessica, the high school senior, that was working on graphics for the kids book was named "Cool Kid" of L.A. She nominated Jess sometime in September for the award. Now, ABCnews wants to do a story on her.  I was definitely excited for her. She definitely deserves it after spending most of her summer working with us.
Anyway, after Arianna and I went to the art show, we were driving on Wilshire and passed by the Variety building. Justin Chang, another USC/TCF alum and friend works there, so we thought to stop by and surprise him. Our visit was cut short as he was working against a deadline, but he told me another interesting bit of news. Emili Reis had seen/heard of a PR/ marketing internship posting I put online through Annenberg. I had only seen and met Emili on a few occasions, but knew who she was. Justin said she seemed really interested in it and would tell her that I bumped into him. I eventually tracked down Emili's number through the TCF website and gave her a call. We're set to meet up sometime next week.
It's funny how those type of things work out. Even though I struggle a lot with my faith, it was one of those bigger picture moments when it's like God's cool!!! I remember Rob (my other co-worker who has since left the company) and I working so hard to find ways to promote the company, sending out press releases, tracking down librarians and features editors, and out of nowhere comes ABCnews wanting to do a story on Jessica. It was one of those moments when that reminded me that I needed to rely on God more than rely on myself. It also reminded me to be more humble. Hearing the news about Emili also was a big picture moment. Emili evidently heard about the internship through a friend that is in Annenberg and receives those daily job lists that they send out. I wasn't really planning on hearing that anyone from SC, let alone someone I know as an aquaintance be interested in interning with our company. It's cool though. That coincidence definitely wasn't my doing, but of some "higher power" out there.
So anyway, I was feeling pretty pumped up on Thursday. I was definitely thinking about returning to work full time. Non-profit work is usually touted as a job that requires a lot of work with little in return. I was definitely feeling worn out from the amount of energy I put into work, in all the events, in all the long hours. But then when you hear great news or have funny coincidences, it just makes it worthwhile.
And then there is today, Friday. I came back to work on the website, but ended up going between working on the website and the expenses. I was then reminded why I had thought about leaving again. I had worked on both companies' expenses during the holidays. After spending a good month on them, I was ready to leave. My cohort, Yoshi, and I were given the responsibility to figure out a year-end budget. Needless to say, with having no experience in accounting, working on such a task became frustrating fast. I've played a lot of different roles in the company.
So now, I'm just tired and wondering what my next role should be. If I were to come back, I definitely don't want to be given the position of being business manager, and I would want to wear less "hats" in the company, so to speak. We'll see where I am in a month.
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