Woman who interviewed me yesterday: "I have no doubt that you'd do a great job, I'm just worried that you're overqualified." My reply "I'm pretty much overqualified at my current job." I'm kicking myself. It wasn't really a bad answer, but at first I wished I'd added, "but I've stayed there for nearly 2 1/2 years." Then I was glad I didn't, because that would make me sound like I'm not ambitious, or unemployable by others. Sigh. And yes, I'm concerned about the overqualified part, too. I don't really want to move into a similar position elsewhere. But the money, at least the salary range she mentioned in her email, will make a big difference. She said they definitely promote from within, and that's why these positions are open. Maybe it's the foot in the door I thought I was getting stuck in there when I came to my current job. I wish I'd gotten into this other place then.

I'm getting more and more philosophical about employment anyway. I don't think I'm ever going to be happy working for anyone else, not really. G says I should start my own business, but I just don't think I have the energy for that. Maybe it's better for me to accept an administrative position, and save all my creative efforts for my own work--songs, my movie, whatever. I was listening to an interview on our local public radio station with a poet who gave up an advertising career to go into construction. He said he couldn't write all day and then come home and do it at night. I can certainly see the wisdom in that. Do I really want to expend my creative energy writing spots for long distance carriers? Not that that's such a terrible thing, but will it help me? Add to all this that my top goal now is to have a family, and it makes getting the fullfilling outside job seem less important . Some days, anyway.