Spin Again

Had a dreamlike weekend in the Twin Cities... and came home to the something good.

I won a research appointment for next year. At a school that I love. On a beautiful campus ten minutes from A's new job. So I get to spend next year researching and writing my book, instead of adjunct teaching. And, to paraphrase Virginia Woolf, I'll finally have a job (and office) of my own.

I'd been so completely certain that I wasn't going to be chosen for this appointment that I hadn't even dared hope. When the notification finally arrived yesterday, it was in the slim envelope characteristic of all rejection letters. I almost didn't open it, so sure was I that it held bad news...

Guess I'll have to to trust that funny voice in my head.