Merry Everything
Do you think there is some conspiracy to distract people from what’s really important in the media by focussing on trivial controversies like this Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays debate?
Anyway, I was just going to give everyone a quick update. After I worked at my new job for 2 weeks, the HR guy called on a Friday evening to say he was worried the state wouldn’t accept my degree as a provider for Medicaid. By Thursday this week I got the news that the state did accept it so I get to keep my job.
In the meantime I made the back-up plan that if the job fell through I would go back to New Orleans where I know I can work, and Chris and I were going to do the long distance thing. Now I have mixed emotions. Iwas almost disappointed when I found out I definately was going to be able to keep my job. I would miss Chris terribly if we were only seeing each other twice a month or so, but I miss New Orleans dearly too.
There is something about New Orleans that gets into your blood, into your psyche. Chris Rose, a local columnist there, expressed this by saying young couples who live there find themselves at first saying, “Well, it’s no place you’d want to raise kids.” After a few years, they find themselves feeling there is no better place on earth to raise children with all the fantastic culture. The fun-loving, eccentric, ethnic, musical, cajun and creole flavored spirit of the area is so pervasive and unique, I have a hard time even considering other cities in which to live.
Sometimes, I just can’t help wanting to go home.
