Commercial Break

Tonight we will take a break from your regularly scheduled travel entry to bring you Baxter's Life: New Job Edition! So, on Wednesday, May 26th I got a phone call regarding a position that had opened up at the Historical Society for which I had applied. A position in the Publications Department. In the phone call, I was asked if I would be available for an interview at 9 the following morning. Since I work in the same building, I said of course. That evening I nervously put together my suit and prepared myself to answer those probing questions like, "What do you think is your greatest strength and weakness?" and "Why do you want this position?" As morning broke on May 27th, I went through my normal grooming routine with an increased sense of urgency. Everyone commented on my incredibly dressed-up self when I arrived at work as, let's face it, dressing up for work is not something I do on a regular basis. Interview occured, with fantastic Mel Brooks/History of the World, Part I references, and by 2 pm I had a new job, effective the following Tuesday, June 1st.

I am now the Associate Editor of Publications for the Oklahoma Historical Society. And, as such, I've started only putting one space between my sentences. It's what you do in Publications.

I work for the Editor on the Mistletoe Leaves, which is the monthly newsletter that goes out to our membership, and the Chronicles of Oklahoma, our quarterly scholarly publication. I'm pretty excited.

I'll be even more excited after Friday when we finish our exhibit on Oklahoma Cartoonists. You see, right now I'm finishing up that exhibit AND working on the publications. It's been a stressful week. But shaping up to be very, very cool :-)