So, I'm unofficially a permanent temp at the office. It's nice to know this, but at the same time, how cool would it be to have a job job for once. Other than the Berlitz gig (April 04 - Feb 05), I have not had a permanent full-time job. Ever. I make money by taking part-time jobs, until a great temp job comes along, until that job runs out and I take over for someone on maternity leave, and so on.
I had that Berlitz job and it sucked. It was uptight and you had to be on your toes the whole time. Plus, you had to dress accordingly. Yuck. So, I moved to Norway for six months and took an internship. Slightly outside the box, yes?
Then, school. Part-time jobs of course, because I'd be a nutter if I'd had a full-time job on top of that. My brain can only handle so much information at once. I respect people that can do that - but I know myself well enough to know I'm not like that.
Now, I'm done with school and this temp job came along.
Lucky for me I live in an area where you can live on jobs like that. And well enough. I'm not simply making ends meet and I even have funds enough to travel to Thailand this October! I enjoy my life and I'm glad to have luxuries that others don't. I do NOT take things for granted, even if I bitch about things sometimes. I'm not a saint. A girl's gotta vent, ya know?
But I am edging up on 30. Not that that's a milestone I had set for myself or anything. It would be cool if I didn't have to explain why I don't have a career to a certain amount of people. It would be even cooler if I had a career where I could truly love what I do. But - ya know - I make do. And my life doesn't suck.
Sigh. I guess everyone else is just gonna have to not ask me what I do for a living!