Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home.
I have spent most of my day today looking for houses through Craigslist. I realize that CL has gotten really creepy and spammy, but for housing it still works. There are also some legit jobs there. It really depends on the city. Portland Craigslist is a pretty good one.
I spoke to a woman today who is renting out a uniquely private duplex. I felt instantly like it was fate. Her daughter lives in the other house of the duplex and her daughter moved back to Portland after living in Baton Rouge. Coincidence? I hope not! So we talked for like 20 minutes on the phone and I sent her an email and now it’s a matter of destiny. If it’s meant to happen, the place will still be available next weekend when I land in Portland and I can pay her the deposits and spend the rest of the week looking for a job. That would be ideal.
Job hunting is going pretty well. As it turns out, Portland has a good market for bilingual people – in any field. There are a lot of social service agencies and they prefer to hire bilingual people. The hospitals prefer it. The city and county governments seem to prefer bilingual in their postings. I applied for a job in a law office today even. Despite feeing fairly good about finding a job in Portland, everybody I know is trying to convince me that I will never find a job in Oregon and I might as well give up. (Maybe that’s why they don’t have a job?)
Failure isn’t an option, people. I will be a receptionist for $10.00/hr if necessary. I don’t have to make $41,600/year any longer teaching overindulged kids in private school in Baton Rouge. After paying nearly $8,000/year on (really lousy) health and dental insurance and the $15,000/year it costs us to put both of the girls in private school here, I can make substantially less and our standard of living will not really change. (I will go off on a rant about the health insurance another day) My net income after paying for insurance and tuition ended up being a receptionist wage anyway.
So to sum up:
1) Good thoughts about the house I want to rent. If it doesn’t work out, it wasn’t meant to be.
2) Stop trying to convince me to give up on the job market. I have a unique skill that is in demand.
3) I’ll be in Portland at this time next week!
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