So I realized while writing the previous blog that I hadn't, divulged as it were, the fact that I have a job and that I have only a little over 2 weeks in St. Louis before I move to New York City to begin said job.
I didn't want to say anything about the job until I got it and when I got it I didn't know what to say and frankly hoarded the information because that's what I do.
Sorry.
So yeah like I said I got an AmeriCorps job in West Harlem, New York.
The application was due in March and I was asked through email for an interview really soon after I sent in all my stuff. I came up to Mbabane and they called me on my cell phone and we talked for about and hour-and-half through a thunderstorm. They reconnected twice after the connection was dropped. It went, I can say, really well.
And I heard back from them about a week before they made their acceptance announcements. They were really interesting in me and wanted to know if they asked me to join would I accept. I got the feeling that I was sort of the lynchpin to the group they were building. And so I said I would accept an acceptance would it come my way. Come on, it's NYC.
I don't get much of a stipend, but room and utilities and some dinners are included, and I get a Metro Card for transport. And come on, it's NYC.
If you're interested in knowing more the web site is http://www.newyorkinternprogram.org/