: Bad news :

I got a call this afternoon from the PR firm that was going to hire me and they had to rescind the job offer. Apparently, the client that I was going to be working on has decided to consolidate agencies and did not include them as a finalist. The senior vice president told me there was a small possibility of this happening when he made me the offer on Wednesday, but he felt it was such a remote possibility that he still felt comfortable hiring me. But apparently, the worst-case scenario occurred.

So this is a big blow, obviously, as I'd already put a deposit down on my new apartment and given notice at my old apartment that I was moving out, which I may or may not be able to reverse. It also means I'm back to square one in my job search, where I was on January 2. So I'm back to sending out resumes and following up with the other agencies and recruiters I met when I was last in New York.