"In Jan '07 I moved to Tel Aviv with the hopes of making new friends and establishing a new life for myself. Besides missing my family and friends in the US, my biggest fear was finding a job that would be even half as interesting and well paid as the one I had in Boston. To my surprise, within my 1st 2 weeks living in Israel I got a job offer that was not only as interesting but well paid. It's now been about 2.5 years that I've been with Sparta Systems as a sr acct exec to the European market as well as a regional sales mgr, managing a team of 5. At the same time, I'm finishing up my 1st year in an exec MBA prog part of Kellogg (NW) and Tel Aviv U. I have met amazing people here and have built a very strong network. I live a 10-minute walk from the beach (Mediterranean Sea) and am truly enjoying my life. In Aug, I'll be coming back to the US and will spend 2 weeks in Chicago (taking classes on campus in Kellogg). In addition to classes, Jim Smith MEd '01 will be flying in from Portland, OR, and we'll be going to a Cubs game with some of my classmates. After the 2 weeks, I'll head to Boston for a few days to see my family and friends before heading back to Tel Aviv. All in all, besides a bit of stress due to work and school and lots of business travel to Europe, I can't complain. Life is good."
Life may be good, anonymous classmate of mine, but it is also short. If you told me this story in person, I would nod, smile, and pass the time counting your blinks. Incidentally, did we know each other? I don't remember anyone from college.
Rather than cry myself to sleep (I'm doing that anyway, by the way, because it's hotter than stew in here), I thought...why wait to be published when you can publish yourself? (sad) So here's the update I sent my alumni newsletter. Enjoy!
I'm doing so awesome, it's pretty unbelievable. Career? Out of this world. Babies? I have six or seven babies and more husbands than I can even count. Seriously, it's killer being me. I live in Brooklyn, where I totally rock.
I just thought people should know what I've been up to.
2 comments:
ahhahahahaha
This sentence is the one that, for me, has a sub-sub-text that runs beneath the sub-text of "I'm loved and popular and successful and rich". The sub-sub-text, meanwhile, screams "I'm a tosspot ass clown who thinks my sub-text will fool you!":
"Besides missing my family and friends in the US, my biggest fear was finding a job that would be even half as interesting and well paid as the one I had in Boston."
Let's face it: your family are more interested in your brother, you have three friends on MySpace and one posted comment that reads "Hi! Thanks for your message! I've been living in LA since my family moved out there when I was in Sixth Grade! How've you been since then?", most of your immediate colleagues are on suicide watch because they're so brain-numbed by their job, and now that you've bought your super-big wide-screen HD TV, your games consoles and a great sound-system that no one has ever listened to but you, that sizeable paycheck is simply drowning in your bank account month by month by month...
Vicki x
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