Hope is the name of the game.

Not a lot happened on Monday. I actually went home early because I had very little material to work with, and it didn't feel right to sit in my office and pretend to work. I did get the SYP article over to Kate, and she loved it. She said it was exactly what she needed, even if we didn't have the rapper. I'm sure we'll get him or her eventually, but it also makes me happy that I got it right after one return/ commentary from Kate (Communcations Specialist) and Brian (UMC Director).

I e-mailed Ogonna; hopefully I will hear back from her. I've got a lot of really good material from her, but I want to make her story more narrative. She had this cool experience in which she hit a home run in kickball in the fifth grade, and I think it would be flippin' sweet to open up the story with something like, "The sun boiled down on Ogonna Nnamani as she stepped up to the plate, awaiting the pitch..." We'll see where that goes.

If I were to take everything into perspective now/ evaluate how the internship is going, I would probably say that things are going well. I love the people I work with, I love what I do, and I actually get a little bummed when I have to leave for class. I'm in my element when I'm there, but I feel a little shred of sadness when I think about how slow the job market is for editors and writers.

This is the primary reason why I can't sleep at night. Most of the jobs are in New York, and though I've got the gumption to move somewhere else and start all over again, I really want to save it for when I can afford to move somewhere else.

What's a girl to do? Considering how tight the market is, I can exhaust my options very quickly (especially in Chicago). I'm not going to choke up because there is no point in choking up over something that is absolutely necessary. Perhaps the best option is getting my materials together, going to the Career Center, and making sure that I've crossed all my Ts and dotted all my Is before I put myself out there.

I'm going to look for jobs and I'm going to make it happen.