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I need some positive thinking!
All right everyone... so I thought that I'd do a little catch-up post, here. I've been anxious for quite a bit of time, and I have had some bad news, but I THINK that everything is going to be working out. I've just got to think positive, right?
So I thought that I'd state right out what's bugging me: I didn't get the Fort Edmonton historical interpreter job that I was so coveting. The problem is that I'm going to be taking three weeks of the four-month season off to go to Ireland and Scotland with my friends. I actually cut the trip in half so I could have a shot at this job (I'm meeting my friends in Dublin after they've gone through England for nearly a month), and I took a native history class to prep myself for this job, but... no dice. They can only hire a limited number of people this year, because of the recession, and they need people with full availability (read: can only take 5 days off in a row at a time).
I mean, I understand their position. The supervisor who gave me the news was really nice about it - he said that it wasn't personal, that they really liked me, etc., but they weren't allowed to hire people who were taking too many days off. For one of me, there were at least twenty other applicants who may not have had as much knowledge of native history, but were fully available.
It still kind of hurt, though.
I mean, I still MIGHT get a job on the Midway again... I'm apparently not the only person who applied for interpreter, who would normally be a shoo-in for the job (and thus didn't apply separately for the Midway), but couldn't get it because of the recession, so apparently Tom, the era supervisor for 1920s street and the Midway this year is trying to wrangle something. So I MIGHT still have a job with them. I'm crossing my fingers, but not holding my breath.
I feel like an idiot now for not applying for that $5000 summer research scholarship, though. :P I didn't because I thought that I wouldn't have time to do research over the summer if I was an historical interpreter. Oh, well, no sense crying over spilt milk...
I DO have a job interview for the Antique Photo Parlour in two weeks, though. They have two locations, one in West Edmonton Mall, one actually in Fort Edmonton itself, and your job apparently involves helping people dress in old-timey costumes and taking their photos. And THAT could be fun... also, they called me back literally the day after I sent in my resumé, so they're apparently eager for people. I'm just not sure how much they'd pay (and I'm hoping that they'll still hire me with my three week long vacation). But if I don't get enough hours or enough pay or whatever, I suppose that I could go crawling back to a retail job... D:
I've also been considering applying at golf courses (driving the beer cart is good tips, apparently, and mowing the lawns apparently isn't TOO bad, except that you have to get up at 4 o'clock to do it). Or I could apply at the Hotel Selkirk, the functioning hotel in Fort Edmonton, which hires separate workers. I wouldn't mind being the front desk lady, or even a housekeeper - I've done the latter before.
I think that next year I'll be applying for a few internships... or even as a student guide at the Vimy Ridge memorial in France. Apparently they hire and house bilingual students who guide tourists around the site. And even if it doesn't pay TOO much, hey, it's four months in France, learning and teaching history, right?
Anyway... must think positive... I just had my birthday party last night, and a nice group of people showed for my homemade cheesecake, store-bought birthday cake, tea, and nice conversations. :) I love you guys.
Also, I've finished my giant historiography paper! It ended up weighing in at like 9,800 words (min. 6,000, no maximum). And that day I also returned half my weight in books to the Rutherford library. So that huge paper is all over and done with!
... Now I just have a few things to worry about:
1) A 15 page paper for History of Slavery, Serfdom and Servitude, due anywhere from now until the 21st of April. I have done the readings and written 500 words of it, and I hope to get a decent draft done by tomorrow. I think that I'm on track
2) Studying for my three exams. I only took four classes this semester, but one was the honour's history class - that paper WAS the final exam/project type thing. I still have a French exam and two history exams. I'm slowly (re)familiarizing myself with the content of those.
3) Prep for the Ireland/Scotland trip! I.e., buying some new (less tatty) clothing, finding all of those adapters and camera rechargers, acquiring an international student ID card, etc.
STILL, I have a lot to look forward to! I mean, Ireland and Scotland will be sweet, and at least if I don't work at Fort Edmonton (still, :( ) I'll have more free time togo crazy relax over the summer... which means that I could probably organize a camping/hiking trip to the Rockies with some friends, and/or a trip to somewhere else, like Victoria or Quebec or something. Think positive... Must think positive...
Also, I should mention that that History of Medicine conference I was squeeing about a while back went really well! I mean, I listened to some awesome presenters, learned a lot about the history of medicine (and its dark side), and I won a book as well! :) Best undergraduate paper of the conference, which was really nice. :) I felt vindicated for all of my work, you know?
So I thought that I'd state right out what's bugging me: I didn't get the Fort Edmonton historical interpreter job that I was so coveting. The problem is that I'm going to be taking three weeks of the four-month season off to go to Ireland and Scotland with my friends. I actually cut the trip in half so I could have a shot at this job (I'm meeting my friends in Dublin after they've gone through England for nearly a month), and I took a native history class to prep myself for this job, but... no dice. They can only hire a limited number of people this year, because of the recession, and they need people with full availability (read: can only take 5 days off in a row at a time).
I mean, I understand their position. The supervisor who gave me the news was really nice about it - he said that it wasn't personal, that they really liked me, etc., but they weren't allowed to hire people who were taking too many days off. For one of me, there were at least twenty other applicants who may not have had as much knowledge of native history, but were fully available.
It still kind of hurt, though.
I mean, I still MIGHT get a job on the Midway again... I'm apparently not the only person who applied for interpreter, who would normally be a shoo-in for the job (and thus didn't apply separately for the Midway), but couldn't get it because of the recession, so apparently Tom, the era supervisor for 1920s street and the Midway this year is trying to wrangle something. So I MIGHT still have a job with them. I'm crossing my fingers, but not holding my breath.
I feel like an idiot now for not applying for that $5000 summer research scholarship, though. :P I didn't because I thought that I wouldn't have time to do research over the summer if I was an historical interpreter. Oh, well, no sense crying over spilt milk...
I DO have a job interview for the Antique Photo Parlour in two weeks, though. They have two locations, one in West Edmonton Mall, one actually in Fort Edmonton itself, and your job apparently involves helping people dress in old-timey costumes and taking their photos. And THAT could be fun... also, they called me back literally the day after I sent in my resumé, so they're apparently eager for people. I'm just not sure how much they'd pay (and I'm hoping that they'll still hire me with my three week long vacation). But if I don't get enough hours or enough pay or whatever, I suppose that I could go crawling back to a retail job... D:
I've also been considering applying at golf courses (driving the beer cart is good tips, apparently, and mowing the lawns apparently isn't TOO bad, except that you have to get up at 4 o'clock to do it). Or I could apply at the Hotel Selkirk, the functioning hotel in Fort Edmonton, which hires separate workers. I wouldn't mind being the front desk lady, or even a housekeeper - I've done the latter before.
I think that next year I'll be applying for a few internships... or even as a student guide at the Vimy Ridge memorial in France. Apparently they hire and house bilingual students who guide tourists around the site. And even if it doesn't pay TOO much, hey, it's four months in France, learning and teaching history, right?
Anyway... must think positive... I just had my birthday party last night, and a nice group of people showed for my homemade cheesecake, store-bought birthday cake, tea, and nice conversations. :) I love you guys.
Also, I've finished my giant historiography paper! It ended up weighing in at like 9,800 words (min. 6,000, no maximum). And that day I also returned half my weight in books to the Rutherford library. So that huge paper is all over and done with!
... Now I just have a few things to worry about:
1) A 15 page paper for History of Slavery, Serfdom and Servitude, due anywhere from now until the 21st of April. I have done the readings and written 500 words of it, and I hope to get a decent draft done by tomorrow. I think that I'm on track
2) Studying for my three exams. I only took four classes this semester, but one was the honour's history class - that paper WAS the final exam/project type thing. I still have a French exam and two history exams. I'm slowly (re)familiarizing myself with the content of those.
3) Prep for the Ireland/Scotland trip! I.e., buying some new (less tatty) clothing, finding all of those adapters and camera rechargers, acquiring an international student ID card, etc.
STILL, I have a lot to look forward to! I mean, Ireland and Scotland will be sweet, and at least if I don't work at Fort Edmonton (still, :( ) I'll have more free time to
Also, I should mention that that History of Medicine conference I was squeeing about a while back went really well! I mean, I listened to some awesome presenters, learned a lot about the history of medicine (and its dark side), and I won a book as well! :) Best undergraduate paper of the conference, which was really nice. :) I felt vindicated for all of my work, you know?
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Hope you get one of the other fun ones!
I've sent you a couple of postcards, btw... if my calculations are correct, they should be reaching you sometime the next week
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