NaBloPoMo: Jobbie stuff

I tend to do jobbie stuff first thing in the morning, even on weekends. John is usually still asleep, the house is quiet, and I can poke around without distractions. Two of the jobs to which I'm applying are at Northern Midwest Non-Flagship State University. The university itself looks pretty neat, the job description sounds ideal, and I'd be lying if I said these two jobs weren't near the top of my list. When I was still reading history blogs last year, I found a woman graduate student from Columbia who'd gotten a job at this very school. At the time, she went on and on about how much she loved the school and the town. This morning I checked her blog only to find, alas, that she's no longer blogging BUT! She still updates her Flickr photos. I clicked on her Flickr badge, which took me to a set of photos she'd snapped in Northern Midwestern State and oh... oh my. It looked like Kansas, people. It looked so much like Kansas, in fact, that a lump formed in my throat as I pictured John and I back in the Midwest, back in a place that makes sense to us. I've applied for jobs further flung than I wished I'd have to, and while any job would be a thrill, a job in the Midwest would be a dream come true. It's been five long years in Florida, and the prospect of getting back to the Midwest, apparently, makes me get all misty. I can't wait until John wakes up so I can show him the photos, and we can dream together.