I graduated Temple University on February 1, 2008, thinking that people would come clamoring for me and want me to work for their radio station.  I have been wanting to work in radio ever since my first year at Temple and I was chomping at the bit to get going.  The phone didn’t ring, no real e-mails, a few rather dismal interviews, and 4 months later I was beginning to loose faith that I would be able to start my dream right out of college.  And then out of thin air I got an e-mail from Dan Gaffney from WGMD in Delaware asking for an interview.  I had told myself that if I didn’t get the job there then I was done with radio for a while and I would try to find some other job in the media.  The interview went well, and I kept my fingers crossed.  Finally I got the call that I had been waiting for for 4 months!  I would be a reporter and manager of the board from 7:00 to 12:00.  Couldn’t really ask for much more.  In a flurry of packing, finding a place to live, and getting everything set up, in a week and a half I had packed my whole life, left everything I knew and was in a little house in Delaware figuring out where my couch would go in the family room.  It wasn’t a perfect transition, but it was pretty darn close.  I won’t deny that there were many, MANY tears involved when I had to say goodbye to my parents and my boyfriend of 5 years (who is trying to find a job so he can move down with me).  The next day I started my new job at WGMD.  I was relieved to find that everyone here was friendly and always willing to help if I asked.  There was (and still isn’t) no such thing as a stupid question, I learned an extreme amount in only a week, the later hours weren’t bad at all, and thankfully no major disasters while I have been in charge.  But yet I was still unsure of myself and how I was doing.  I was still extremely homesick, my boyfriend was here for the whole week, but he was leaving soon, and I just didn’t feel like at my job I was making much of a difference.  Then two things happened in the span of two days.  On Friday night after I had made my last newscast of the night at midnight, I saw that there was a call coming in.  It was an older woman, who has been a long time listener, and she wanted to call and tell me that she really liked my stories and liked that there was a late night newscast.  She welcomed me to the area and told me she would be tuning in from now on late at night to hear me.  That five minute phone call meant more to me than anyone could imagine.  I drove home with a smile on my face that night that’s for sure.  Then last night, as my boyfriend and I were watching the sunset from a section of beach only 10 minutes away from the house, I got this overwhelming feeling, that I had made the right decision, that things would be easier in time, and that Sussex County was the place for me.  I look forward to getting more accustomed with the people and the area as time passes and after all my boxes are unpacked and my house looks less like Hurricane Andrew made a visit.  Thank you to the crew at WGMD for making me feel welcome, the woman who inadvertently gave me a boost to my spirit, and even to the beach for calming my spirit.  Until next time!

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