On the job front, it might not be that bad of an idea to continue working mostly full-time for HEC. Professional book preservation folk tend to be wicked expensive once they've gotten all their degrees and even NLM can only afford to hire one part-time. In the long-term, book preservation could be a part-time, freelance type job, while HEC was a 3/4-full time job. I suspect there are a lot more places that could hire a part-time preservation expert than a full-time one, and if you ever did want to make the switch, the part-time experience would translate well.
Reducing the stress on your mom would also be good, though make sure that living with her is something that would make you happy. I actually got really depressed when I moved back home, but your family situation might be different.
4 months in Japan, while not as cool as a full-year, is pretty awesome. And it has given you some really rich experiences and a good foundation to make another shot at it later, in which it might be easier to line up a job before hand, or something.
Anyway, I'm sorry to hear things have been hard. *hugs* And if you moved to NYC, it's only a couple-hour, $20 bus-ticket to/from DC (not that I've been very good about going to NYC to visit my kid sister). And now that I've disclosed my bias, I'll send you a last batch of *hugs* and go.
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Date: 2007-10-24 11:04 am (UTC)Reducing the stress on your mom would also be good, though make sure that living with her is something that would make you happy. I actually got really depressed when I moved back home, but your family situation might be different.
4 months in Japan, while not as cool as a full-year, is pretty awesome. And it has given you some really rich experiences and a good foundation to make another shot at it later, in which it might be easier to line up a job before hand, or something.
Anyway, I'm sorry to hear things have been hard. *hugs* And if you moved to NYC, it's only a couple-hour, $20 bus-ticket to/from DC (not that I've been very good about going to NYC to visit my kid sister). And now that I've disclosed my bias, I'll send you a last batch of *hugs* and go.