Jobs
Three days ago, the UPA sent out an email to most of the Colorado Front Range Ultimate communities (which, I believe warrants a list of all community forums -- but that is another topic).
The reason for this blog entry is simply to state that I will be sending in my resume for the Administrative Assistant full-time salary position. I have been toying with the idea of moving to Boulder, and this would be far to great of an excuse. I cannot think of a better way of using my skills to better my hobby, but to combine the two. I love Ultimate too much not to work for the UPA (Ultimate Players Association). To me, it really does make a lot of since.
This presents an interesting situation, what if I were offered the job (after the interview and such).. From the email and from the job description, it appears that they are in need of somebody relative fast. However, I am currently mid-semester at UCCS. I could not easily just move. I'm sure that this would be discussed in the interview (if my application even gets that far), but I have started thinking - would I just drop out? I guess it depends on what I think of the job after the interview and how badly the UPA needs this position filled.
Another interesting point to bring up is the fact that this is a full-time 40 hour/week position. This would leave little to no-time for school. I would most likely still take a class or two per semester in the evenings, but my degree would be delayed by years. A 4 year degree would probably become a 6 or 7 (or even longer).
The next issue is of housing. Where would I live, especially if they are looking for somebody in a short period of time. Just recently, I found my way to a community in Longmont, CO, called Prospect. It is a new-urbanist community. The instant I walked in, I fell in love. I felt so much at home and yet I was far from where I had ever been. According to Google (which is pretty much amazing), the community is about 20 minutes from the UPA headquarters (which is about 2 minutes from the CU campus, on the south end). Although there are definitely plenty of available houses in Prospect, I really do not like the idea of driving 7000 miles a year just for work. So that leads me to believe that the bet option would be to live in Boulder. So, what does Boulder have to offer.. well I have not really looked, but I will soon.
A few more interesting things to think about: First, what about Monarch Digital? I have basically created an entire new market for the company in web design. Technically speaking, Rick (my boss) cannot code or design the types of webpages that we have been creating lately. There are so many things that I know about Drupal (and websites in general that I have not had the time to teach him). He would be forced to find a new employee who understood creation of websites.. and he would have to do it fast. It's a major problem for me.. I have only worked at Monarch for 9 months. I never really thought that I would work at a job for less than a year. And, I have always frowned at people who jump from job to job. But at the same time -- a lot of things have changed in my life, and I don't think that a change like this would be too far out of question.
That brings me to my final point. What about Erica? I love my sister dearly. There is nothing in this world more important than her. Truthfully, I cannot even fathom living without her nearby. Is it time? Is it time for us to move apart and go on with our lives? Or do we still need to be together? I guess I just need to think about things and figure it out. More on this later.
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