The next e-mail was one of the newsroom administrators at The Boston Globe, saying that while they didn't officially have any openings, they were tracking down former interns from the copy desk to see whether they would have interest in coming back. I clicked reply to say the same thing, but then stopped.
Just the other day I was telling kc on her porch how if I didn't get into nursing school, I had no backup plan. And the past two months I've had a really bad feeling that I was not going to get accepted. Then what? Stick around at the Tulsa World?
I've always said that if I were to stay in journalism, there's no place I'd want to do it other than Lawrence. But how often do they have openings there? Could I wait?
The Boston Globe was an amazing experience. Just imagine, whatever your field is, you're working with the best of the best, every night. The pay is top-notch, even when considering high cost of living, and you can't get much better in terms of places to live than New England. Could I stand to be halfway across the country from everyone in my life?
Should I close that door and possibly burn that bridge? I said in an earlier post that when in Lawrence I was just a shade of the copy editor I used to be. Well, in Boston is where I was at the top of my game. Maybe going back would rekindle something I lost? It's something that had to be considered. It's likely they'd never call, but it's good to have a plan B.
Then today I got this letter:
To: dbaines@globe.com
From: george@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Boston Globe
Donna,
Good to hear from you. The Boston Globe would be an amazing opportunity for any journalist; the paper is second to none in excellence. However, I will be entering nursing school in the fall, so I don't think it's in the cards for me.
Give everyone there my best.
George Z.
11 comments:
Congratulations! You're awesome. And I'd kill you if you left me again.
(hey, if you hear from the Globe again, give them my name ...i'll commute)
Thanks, kc. And don't worry; if I had to take a job at The Boston Globe, it'd just be until something at the J-W opened up.
Though I guess there's an assistant city editor position open, but I'd have to buy some knee pads
Aw. Congrats! Come up and let's celebrate. Or we'll come to you! (If Kim drives.)
Dammit!
I just realized I should have sent the following response -- it would have been just as effective:
Donna,
Good to here from you. The Boston Globe would be a amazing opportunity - the paper is second to none in farthering journalism excellence. If theirs any chance of me coming back, please let me no.
Give everyone they're my best.
George Z.
Congratulations! You'll be a great nurse.
Way to go, George. I'm so happy for you!
Thanks everyone -- I really appreciate it.
Very different from my family's reaction when I told them I got on yesterday ...
Mom: "Oh, nursing school. That's good?"
Sister: "You got into nursing school? Well, OK."
Still, it's more supportive than they were two years ago when I first said I was considering becoming a nurse.
Do they think nursing is homo or something?
Tell your mom it's 2006.
Partly; my mom thinks of it as "a woman's job." When I worked for newspapers she'd tell simply tell people I was "an editor," since it made me sound important since no one really knows where copy editors are in the newsroom hierarchy. Now she'll have to tell them I'm a nurse. (Note that 3 out of 4 Vietnamese children in South OKC go to medical or pharmacy school.)
When I first told her I wanted to be a nurse, she said she'd let me wipe her butt for a week to see if I still want to do it. (She denies this now.)
God, that's funny. That sounds like my mom.
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