After months of searching, posting, emailing, conference-ing, phone chatting, airport-hopping, and waiting... it came. I received an offer to work as a Residence Hall Coordinator at the University of Missouri's Mark Twain Hall. It's the one they showed me during my visit there. It's a tad old (very 1970's entryway... fabulous) and up for maintenance in a year and a half or so, but it's perfect for me. The apartment inside is easily 2 or 3 times the size of my old rooms in Willkie.
I'm also excited about the working environment waiting for me in Columbia. The other RC's that I've met the past few weeks are young, energetic, dynamic, social, and upbeat. They seem like a group that is a wonderful blend of close friends and people with lives outside their work: exactly what I need in this first job. I know I can handle the work (it's essentially the same thing I've done for two years now), but handling myself in a new place depends entirely upon my initiative and personal ventures. I'm looking forward to new opportunities, new friends, new football games (I hear that we can be ON THE FIELD), and new challenges.
It's hard to believe that 8 years ago I was prepping for my Italy trip, before a single day of college. I suppose I've come full-circle now, getting back to the Big XII, and I hope that I'm able to improve on my skills and performance levels. I know that with this job comes more interactions with parents, coordinating with other administrators, and the bad moments of hiring and firing; but I feel prepared and eager to get going.
So until Friday afternoon comes around, it's pack pack pack around my parents' house in Alabama. At least the food is free here :)
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