Where are we again?
18 September 2020 08:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
larryhammerSo tonight is ... Rosh Hashanah? What the -- ?
It has been a year of feeling disconnected from all the usual markers of the passage of time, with work and school and social cycles all off kilter. I'm not Jewish, but the High Holidays have been a part of my family's observances for more than half my life -- one of three New Years that we observe. This is the first time where it has utterly snuck up upon me unaware of just how much time has passed.
Time (points at wristwatch) is out of joint (points at elbow), to quote Stoppard.
We're also now five weeks into second grade. Again, how'd that happen already? Our three-family pod imploded, but it's much more stable with two, and both the parents and kids are happy with the way things are working (well, aside from having to do remote learning at all). The district is saying things are staying all remote through at least the end of October, and we're glad they're not pushing harder.
And I start a full-time job the day after Yom Kippur. Finally. After months of drawn out interviews and even a couple positions put on hold after final interviews, four hours after an initial interview I had the job offer. It helped I had a heads up from a former coworker, saying she and others had enthusiastically endorsed me when my resume crossed their desks. But still. Whirlwind.
Have a sweet and happy new year, all. L'shana tovah.
It has been a year of feeling disconnected from all the usual markers of the passage of time, with work and school and social cycles all off kilter. I'm not Jewish, but the High Holidays have been a part of my family's observances for more than half my life -- one of three New Years that we observe. This is the first time where it has utterly snuck up upon me unaware of just how much time has passed.
Time (points at wristwatch) is out of joint (points at elbow), to quote Stoppard.
We're also now five weeks into second grade. Again, how'd that happen already? Our three-family pod imploded, but it's much more stable with two, and both the parents and kids are happy with the way things are working (well, aside from having to do remote learning at all). The district is saying things are staying all remote through at least the end of October, and we're glad they're not pushing harder.
And I start a full-time job the day after Yom Kippur. Finally. After months of drawn out interviews and even a couple positions put on hold after final interviews, four hours after an initial interview I had the job offer. It helped I had a heads up from a former coworker, saying she and others had enthusiastically endorsed me when my resume crossed their desks. But still. Whirlwind.
Have a sweet and happy new year, all. L'shana tovah.
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Date: 18 September 2020 03:48 pm (UTC)Congrats on the job!
May it prove stable and rewarding!
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Date: 18 September 2020 06:48 pm (UTC)I'm not Jewish either but given the family history, I cant exactly ignore that background.
Shana Tova Umetukah to you and yours.
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