More unanswered questions

There are other details to be considered. I own my condo. That means I will have to put it up for sale, and soon, but when, I don't know! How long will it take to sell? I don't know! The place behind me was for sale when I bought mine in September of 04, and someone just moved into it last weekend. I'm not sure what the market is like right now. I've never sold a place before.

The job question is an ongoing one. I need practical experience in my desired field, and desperately want out of my current field. But how long will I be able to give to any potential new employer? Does it matter? Lives change all the time without notice. I may be here for 6 months, or maybe a year and a half. I can't know yet. But the one thing I do know is I want to get a start in the preservation field! I'd feel better with professional experience when the time comes to move rather than going out without any job experience in preservation and trying to start in a new town all at the same time. Not to mention that my current employment is of a somewhat temporary nature, and my contract is up (although they do not have someone in mind to replace me). I need a change now before I am jobless altogether. This has been something I've known about for a few weeks now. It chaps my ass though, because one of the reasons why I took this job was to help this particular organization out of a jam, and now they're basically showing me the door. That's some kind of gratitude for you. I feel like I am doing a good job for them, but maybe I am not. I wonder if part of the problem is that, while my title is "Director," I don't actually get to direct anything with regard to how this department is run or have any real input into what decisions are made that directly affect my department, and whenever I try to participate, I get shot down or excluded altogether. There are about 12 members to the department, but it is really a team of two, and I am not one of the two...I'm not even peripheral to those two. I am low totem, and from what I understand, that's the way things have always been with this position. No wonder no one has stayed very long. Is it any wonder I am unhappy professionally?