Here I am in Houston

I interviewed at Houston Texas Consulting this afternoon. They told me if the manager likes my resume and the notes from the interview, I would get a call to schedule a second interview between 3:30 and 4 p.m.

So 4:00 came... and went. But my trip wasn't a complete bust. Besides getting to hang with my friends, a Facebook status about being in the area prompted a friend who works for a news company to message me that they're "hurting" for reporters right now. There are a couple positions open, and they're generally like what I did in Killeen/Copperas Cove. The pay seems to be lower, but it may have the potential to increase as the company does better. The options are between a somewhat-uppity, family-centered sounding community, and a more rural community, each pretty far north of the busy-ness of Houston itself. 

Austin is still a possibility, but I'm seeing fewer options there at the moment. I'm about to draft a cover letter, relook at my resume and pick out a few clips to send to this possibility. 

Honestly though, the traffic of Houston is the most offputting thing. I was nearly sideswiped trying to leave McDonald's this morning (the guy, whose car I honestly did not see, rolled down his window to say "Are you stupid?" When I, probably foolishly, answered "no," he called me a "f*cking asshole" and sped away to the red light... a couple hundred feet away), and am still sore from being rearended trying to leave Temple yesterday afternoon. The thing is, the two times I've been rearended, once in Killeen, once in Temple, both people were apologetic. I get almost hit in Houston, and then there's namecalling. What the hell?

It's been a while since I was in Conroe, which seems to be the more bearable of the two locations, but it would still put me in weekend visiting distance of my friends, as well as close enough to do shopping/eating in the city if I ever felt like doing so. It will also be a change of landscape and demographics. Then again, the job is the same thing I did for the last year and a half. I kind of wanted to do something new (and better paying). I guess I'd be closer to better options in Houston, should a better-paying, higher-advancing option opens up. 

For now, I'm just going to apply for everything I can. I really don't like not having an income.