help wanted

yes, those are the words i'll be looking for when i get back to ann arbor--because i'm staying there. it's official. auf wiedersehen, deutschland! no, no, not yet. i still have another two weeks of teaching here, then a couple weeks of traveling and seeing various people in various places. but contrary to popular opinion--and my own previously voiced speculations, i'm not staying here for another year. if you've read this blog at all in the last week, you're probably thinking that that's a good thing. and it is =) i'm ready to go home for a while and figure some things out there. but don't worry, i'll be back--germany can't get rid of me that easily =)

so now that i know where i'll be--or at least where i won't be--next year, i *might* need a job... unless some of you want to feed and house me and pay my student loans out of the goodness of your hearts. yeah, didn't think so... so i'm brushing up my resume, and here's what i've discovered: i may actually be the most useless person on the planet!! i have two useless bachelor's degrees. several years of work experience...in the food service industry. and this past year in germany, where i've neither improved my german nor gained any "marketable" work experience... so that said, here's a list of what i've learned this year, lovingly entitled...

"things you can't really put on a resume OR life skills i've acquired in germany"

stalking spiders, navigating train stations and airports, controlling my temper when dealing with deutsche bahn employees--after all, it's not their fault, not only to look both ways but also to keep an eye out for stray senior citizens and/or small children before crossing the street, putting the stamp on the postcard BEFORE writing it, stalking spiders, the cheapest ways to make international phone calls, did i mention stalking spiders?!?!