Getting My Life Back

This is my last week of employment at ETSU. It’s a strange feeling. Refreshing and scary all at once. I have to say the one thing I’m looking forward to the most is getting my life back. This job has taken so much from me the last three years the thought of regaining my life is wonderful. This job has cost me time with family, it played a role in the bust up of my marriage and it has kept me from spending time with friends.

There have been some rewards working in athletics. I have loved working with the student-athletes, I have loved getting to spend time watching sports and I have loved creating friendships and relationships with other people working in the athletic department.

I haven’t loved the ridiculous hours, the nights and weekends and a few of the coaches. It’s been demanding and it has challenged me. There were times that I failed and times that I didn’t know if I could continue doing it. Somehow I managed to perservere. Even though i didn’t work for 3 weeks after Jim and I split up the job ultimately became my saving grace. It forced me to leave my house and interact with people even under the worst circumstances.

Right now I’m in the hunt for a job. I have an interesting prospect working for the city. I will no longer have to work nights and weekends and it’s a full-time professional position. I hope it pans out because I’d really hate to have to go back to fast food again.

The interesting thing about losing this job is that it opens up so many avenues for me. My parents have talked to me about staying in school and working on another degree of some type. It’s an interesting thought. Do I pursue an MBA or get a second bachelors degreee. Another thought is do I do any of this at ETSU or do I move on somewhere else and try it somewhere else.

As some of you know I’ve thought about moving to London for the last several months. That’s still a very real and viable option. right now I don’t know what I’m going to do and fortunately I have a little time to think about it but for right now I’m kicking back and I’m going to enjoy having my life back for at least a few days.