Wednesday, August 15, 2012

And finally, a job!

I received an email at about 4:00 pm yesterday that gave details about a few recitation leader openings for some math and stats classes. If you remember, my recitation leader for Stat 3000 this last spring was Xi, and she basically attended lecture and taught a kind of TA class where she helped us with homework and reviewed lecture material. Well, so I responded to the email at about 8:00 pm, just before Karen and I left the church building to go home from our meetings. And then this morning, maybe around noon, I received an email saying that I'd been hired!

Amazing, right? I definitely didn’t see that coming. Like any normal person, I expected an interview if I was to be considered, but instead I received an email stating that I was hired. Just like that!

The original email explained that they were looking for students who are senior math or stats majors, and I told Dr. Turner (the woman in charge) that I am a transfer student and that I have only 4000 and 5000 level courses left in my major, and I said something about how I hoped my having no concrete student status didn’t disqualify me.

I mentioned to Karen the possibility of being a recitation leader on the way to the church building yesterday evening, and Karen thought it was a great idea. She said that while I’m not a senior, maybe I’d have a chance, and that it doesn’t hurt to apply. So yes, we are very excited.

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  1. It is so interesting for us to see your life plan unfold. We will be anxiously waiting for details about his new job, plus the one you start next week. We are excited, too!!

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    1. I think it's interesting to us because we don't know what comes next. Blessings seem to just shoot out at us. And I can't say we mind it.

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    1. Next...we'll be out on our yacht drinking fancy lemonades and laughing about rich people things.

      Um, that's a joke.

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  3. I often think of you when I read D&C 78:19. You and Karen are so grateful for every blessing you have and you recognize the hand of the Lord in your daily life.

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    1. Thanks! You know, someday someone is going to read my daily journal (if they can sit through thousands and thousands of pages) and realize just how much the Lord was stepping in. It's a tremendous blessing to be the recipient of these blessings.

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