If naught else, a laugh.

Wish me luck! I've applied for a job that should give somebody a laugh, if nothing else. One of the restaurants in town is looking for an assistant manager, and I haven't been having luck with anything else, so I applied for it. We'll see what happens.

Beaver Creek Culinary Classic

I volunteered to help with the Grand Tasting tonight, and had one hell of a blast! There was a ton of excellent food to be had (also some, reportedly, great drinks, but I had to drive home so drinking was a no-go for me tonight), I got to meet a bunch of chefs from across the country, and I got to work with a truly awesome (and nationally, possibly even internationally, known) chef, Jose Garces. I was feeling down this morning because of  the bad news in my job search, but I am definitely in a good mood tonight!

Another Job Down

I finally received word last night on the status of that job for which I had such a good interview. They decided to hire for another position entirely, leaving me out in the cold. Wonderful. That was a great job that I know well, and would have been a great boon. Alas, I can't have things actually be easy and go right for a change. No, I'm stuck fighting for every inch of ground I can get.

Waiting can be such a killer.

This past Sunday, as I mentioned, I had a very good job interview for a job I would desperately love to have. Well... I'm still stuck here waiting. They said they'd make a decision some time this week and contact me to tell me how things will fall, but nothing so far. Hopefully I'll hear from them soon.


One piece of excellent news, though, is that I finally heard back from the Speech Therapy Department at CU Boulder, and they do have a program for helping transsexuals with voice therapy. I'm going to call them again and get more info.

No other news except that work is continuing on my cookbook, and I may try an inquiry letter or two to publishers soon. I'm hoping to have this on shelves by early next year, but we'll see (we'll see if any publishers will even want it...).

Well, color me surprised.

I just recently got blood work done by my endocrinologist, and I'm not surprised at the results at all. My testosterone levels were too high yet again, and my anti-androgen dosage has been raised from 200mg a day to 300mg a day. I had suspected this beforehand, and I told her about my suspicions. I kind of wish she had been right, and I was just jumping as shadows, but things didn't work out that way. Hopefully this dosage will be the right one, but we'll see.

Ideas are dangerous things.

At least they tend to be in my hands, but I like this one: I'm going to write a cookbook. That's all. Nothing Earth-shattering, but what in this blog is?

A good day.

Today has been a good day. I got a few things done before heading off to the interview I had scheduled, but the main cause of my happiness right now is the interview itself. I feel that it went very well. I wasn't offered the job yet, as they have several other candidates, but overall I feel I did very well in the interview. Not to mention the fact that I got lucky yet again when I told them of my being transgendered, and got more support. So, yes, today has been good.

Don't do that!

I hate it when I give in to despair, even if it's only for a little while. This morning, and straight through class, I did just that. Since class, though, I've gotten off my duff, and shaken myself good and hard. No more despair for me today. That said, I've applied for a few more jobs of interest today, and I have an interview for a job coming this Sunday. Wish me luck!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. There was also a little matter I was hoping to clear up, but the person I needed didn't appear. It will have to wait, as little as I want it to.

I guess that concludes negotiations.

Little to my surprise, my negotiations over the position I've been talking about didn't go well. They stuck to their guns with the original offer, and we couldn't see eye-to-eye at all. Fortunately, there are plenty of opportunities available right now, so I didn't feel bad in rejecting this offer. More to come.

Holding pattern

It figures that the only person who could answer my questions about the job offer I mentioned a couple days ago wasn't in today. So it will have to wait till tomorrow, and I'll see if I have to negotiate for my pay. If we can't see eye-to-eye, at least there are several other possibilities in the wings.

I'm still waiting on the lab results from my latest visit to my endocrinologist, but it's only been one week. If I don't hear from them by next Thursday, then I'll call and ask what's up.

Classes began today, and I think Historical Geology should be interesting. I also got a good deal on the textbooks required ($12 for the main book, and $45 to rent the lab workbook for the semester). I honestly can't wait to have this degree finished once and for all, though. It'll be a huge weight off of my shoulders.

That's all for today, but I should have plenty to talk about tomorrow (especially if I have to negotiate over my pay).

Not much new today.

Amazingly enough, today was a quiet day for me! It's the first I've had in a couple weeks. Still, I got a couple things done, and tried to do another. So it wasn't a total waste (as nice as it was to not have much to do). Tomorrow I'll have to try calling the University of Colorado @ Boulder again. A friend clued me in to the possibility that one of their departments has a program for helping transsexuals with speech therapy, and I hope I can be in on that. I also contacted another job possibility that should be interesting, especially since I know the chef. Overall, a good day, even if I did learn that my caffeine addiction is back thanks to a withdrawal headache.

Hopefully just a mistake

I called today to accept one of the job offers that came up last week, and later I called the HR department. I'm hoping the sous chef made a mistake, but it seems he told HR that it's a Cook 1 position, which this company doesn't pay well at all. From what I was told it should have been a Cook 2 at the least. I'll find out on Thursday, but I will remain hopeful that this was no more than a mistake.

What to say?

Well, my life certainly is going through a number of changes right now, and not just because of my transition. That's moving along fine, though, but I am waiting to hear if one of my medications will need to be increased.

It seemed bad at the time, but I was forced out of the closet to several people earlier today. The good part about this is that I now have more allies. My luck can't last like this, I know, but I'm ecstatic that everyone to whom I've come out so far has been 100% supportive. I wish more people had luck of the kind I have so far.

As I mentioned earlier, my transition isn't the only thing changing, though. In the past week and a half I've gotten a number of job offers, which got me out of the crappy job that I was pinned into for far too long. On top of that, I've finally decided which offer to accept. So I'll be starting a new job in a day or two.

That's about it for the doings of the past couple of days, but it's enough.