So many things have been going on the last few weeks that I didn’t have a chance to write a post. I feel like I say that quite frequently, but the truth is that it is just life. Life is constantly happening and if we don’t make the time to do things like write posts, email our friends/family, read books that we’ve been meaning to we won’t ever get around to it.
Here is the BIG update: I got the job as a faculty librarian at the College of Southern Nevada!! I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am to start on July 1st. I, honestly, didn’t think that I got the job since it had been quite a while from the time I interviewed. I knew that I could do the job better than anyone else, but it had been a couple weeks before I heard back. When I got the call that I had gotten the job I was so shocked/happy/overwhelmed that I was literally shacking when I was on the phone with James McCoy, the VP of the college. My brother came downstairs when I was on the phone because he could hear it in my voice from upstairs that something was going on and he mouthed to me, “you got the job!?!?” I nodded YES! After I got off the phone I sat down and was still shaking for a long time after. I called my husband and boss to tell them and then I started ordering new clothes for my new job. I have never prepared for an interview as much as I did for that one and it paid off. This is a tenure track position, which I can get in 4 years, and I will probably never have a better job than this, but that is just fine with me!
Something else that happened in the past couple weeks is one of my friends committed suicide. No one expected this from him. He was always so full of confidence and he was even a WSOP champ. I went to his wake and I helped his wife throw him a memorial at his favorite restaurant, Firefly https://fireflylv.com. The memorial was great and quite a few people showed up along with his family. His dad was so happy to hear so many wonderful stories about his son. I can’t even imagine how much his father was suffering after having to cut his son down after he hung himself. I was talking to a former colleague that also know him and it was really interesting because as we were catching up, he was telling me how happy he is living in San Diego, but then he started saying how selfish suicide is. He wasn’t there. He didn’t know what our friend was going through. I was so irritated with him for being so extremely judgmental when he doesn’t have any idea what any of the circumstances. How can anyone that is truly happy be so hypercritic of anyone else? I’m trying to make peace with all of this and just let it go.
On a lighter note I tried an amazing new vegan restaurant called Tacotarian (I love the name so much) https://www.tacotarianlv.com. The food there is fantastic, and they have so many different protein options. The place is pretty small inside so if you’re planning on going during the dinner rush you might want to get it to go, but they do have a brunch menu too, which I can’t wait to try!