After a breather from PhD work, except for one class that was not researched based, I'm refreshed and ready to get to work. I was able to pick up a research class that I had dropped, thus leaving me not that far behind. And I found a topic that will stick. It's a topic that has grown near and dear to my heart over the last several months - promoting and supporting women in their quest to get an education and develop at work. I can make a difference with this research, even though I'm starting small. Women, sadly, have not made much ground in the past couple of decades. We are still responsible for most of the housework and childcare, even though we also work full-time. Add to these challenges other women who refuse to give their fellow peers a hand up, and you've got some serious ravines to hurdle to success.
So the past five weeks, I've applied for several stretch jobs at Fortune 100 companies in Northern California. I got a rejection e-mail from just one. No word from any of the others. I think it's time to accept that, for now, I belong here. I have work to do and it's important work. I guess don't need to trot off to wine country (sad as that realization is) to have the good life.
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