So much for my rose.

Imagine watching a full season of the Bachelor or Bachelorette. They get down to the final three and surprise! Chris comes on to tell the viewers that the Bachelor or Bachelorette has decided to bring someone else into the mix to make sure they've exhausted all resources for the perfect mate. WHAT!?!?! Chris isn't telling you that one of the remaining three isn't "the one" but he's also not telling you that one of the three is "the one."

I can imagine that happening as it happened to me today. I received a phone call from a school I interviewed with last week. It'd be a great place to be in a fantastic city and an amazing position. Though I had some reservations about the inclusivity of the institution and knew there was some work to do, I was excited about possibly moving to this new city and being offered this position, especially after being told right before I left that I was a candidate that was being highly pursued.

Well, the phone call finally came today, a week after I left campus and the verdict is still out. It appears they aren't sold on any of the three finalists that came to campus. It's not that the finalists aren't a good fit for the position but apparently, they may not be the best fit and the school wants to bring someone else in and then re-evaluate. So even though they didn't tell me no, I'm feeling a bit like I just got dumped.

But I guess at the end of the day, all I can do is pick myself back up and keep on trekking. And who knows, they may call back in a few weeks and say the fourth person didn't do it for them either and I'm the best option. But I won't hold out for that. I'm hopeful but not betting on it.

Going to dust off the job search excel spreadsheet and hopefully apply to 3-4 more positions this weekend. There's a leadership one and an Admissions/Orientation one in the Carolinas, an Orientation gig up in Massachusetts and an Admissions one in Mississippi that I'm not sold on but may apply for...Here we go!

Cheers.