Goodbye, Holy Rosary

Tomorrow is my last day of work at Holy Rosary. I will no longer be a volunteer coordinator. In fact, I will no long be employed. This is the first time in 6 years that I won't have any kind of job. It is going to be so weird. I've been looking for full-time work but haven't had much luck with it yet, unfortunately. I was hoping to have a job lined up by the time the semester finishes in 2 weeks but I don't even have any interviews. It's scary. Add that to my sadness about leaving Holy Rosary where I've been for almost 2 years and made some good connections with people, and it's going to be a bit of a transition. I have enough to keep me busy, that isn't the issue, it's more of an issue of finding a new rhythm and not having any form of employment which will all take some getting used to. So if anyone knows of any parish jobs or other theology-related jobs, any leads would be helpful...

As I said, I will have plenty to fill my time this summer as I look for a new, hopefully full-time, position. I have my comprehensive exam at the beginning of August, so my summer will be spent reading through my book list and studying, studying, studying. I'm trying not to get too nervous for it yet since I still need to finish this semester and then I have a million books to read, and it's 3 months off still so there isn't really much I can do about it. It's hard not to think about it though because it is the final step in getting my Master's degree. It also happens 3 weeks before the baby is due (the written portion anyway, the oral portion is going to happen only a week or so before the baby is due) so there is quite a bit going on in my life during that part of the summer. Actually, there is a quite a lot going on for the whole summer, with weddings and family reunions and traveling to California (for a wedding, actually) and moving and getting ready for the baby and studying. It is going to be quite an eventful summer I'm sure. I hope I have time to focus on me a little and getting ready to be mom. Life will never be the same once the baby is here, and I want to make sure I am as prepared as possible, whatever that means. At the very least Eric and I want to make sure we have some time to ourselves this summer to just be married before we are married and parents.

With all that's going on in my life right now and coming up over the summer, it might be good for me not to have a job. At the same time, it is going to be weird and a little scary, and I would really like to find a job that uses my degree sooner rather than later. It's strange to think that when I go to work tomorrow I have to turn in my keys and clean out my office. I hardly even have any work to do because I've taken care of as much as I can, and since I'm leaving there isn't much I can start to work on. It's going to be an interesting and probably a sad day at work tomorrow. I hope I am moving on to something great, because Holy Rosary has been good to me and the teachers I've worked with are wonderful people. Goodbye, Holy Rosary. Thank you for everything I've learned while working there and for all of the support I've received.