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user-inactivated  ·  1723 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 10, 2019

Work

My workplace didn't secure the big contract they expected (which would them to hire me full-time). They also are losing money on the contract they signed me on for.

Thus, I was told I have 3 weeks left yesterday....

Which is one week more than my fellow temps. Because I told them last month I was going back to school at the end of July, they honored the date I set. Getting that extra money in my pocket will be very nice considering the alternative.

Even though this changes nothing about my plans since coming back from Israel, it feels bittersweet anyways.

I'm still leaving on my terms, but the connotation has changed a little.

Mid-way through today I got a text from a place I interviewed near the school I'm going to for follow up (3 months later!).

I gotta say, I really like not having homework/studying in the meantime.

Relationships

Life

Things are still cruising along nicely. Getting the car in my name finally. Adulting, etc., etc.

Brushing up on my Spanish and getting into writing poetry after all this time. Trying to knock 'em both out by doing the poetry in Spanish. Only a couple verses a day. Starting solely in Spanish and thinking as such, rather than formulate the verse in English then translate.





user-inactivated  ·  1723 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Some of my favorite books are ones in two different languages, the original in the left page and the English translations on the right.

user-inactivated  ·  1723 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'll have to make a run to Barnes and Noble. As much as I love my Kindle, that can't be beat.

user-inactivated  ·  1722 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you're a fan of poetry, you can sometimes find foreign authors with books published that way. I think the bulk of multilingual books that I've seen fit under that category.