a second recommendation letter!

My Korean ex-coworker sent me a very nice, if somewhat strangely formatted, recommendation letter. I didn't alter the PDF's contents, but with my PDF editing tools, I did make the document look a little less slipshod and a little more tightly arranged. When the PDF arrived, it awkwardly spilled over to a second page despite having only about a half page's worth of content. Basically, I widened the column of text and pulled the top and bottom design elements closer together (signature was its own design element, so I moved it up about an inch). And that's it. Problem solved. No more spillover to page 2. My only worry is that my ex-coworker's letter overstates my linguistic competence: In the letter, he calls me fluent in both French and Korean as well as English, which is not true. I'm a native English speaker, a fluent French speaker (I used to be able to say "near native," but no longer), and an intermediate-level Korean speaker. I'm very tempted to attach an electronic note to the PDF protesting my coworker's exaggerated claim. But the rest of the letter was very nice in tone and spirit, and since I can't ethically alter the letter's content, I'll just deal with the issue of fluency should it arise in an interview. Another one down.

Job stuff:

✓ 1st diploma copy, converted to PDF & apostilled (arrived)

✓ 2nd diploma copy, converted to PDF & apostilled (arrived)

☐ FBI criminal background check, apostilled (no word yet)

✓ 2nd letter of recommendation, converted to PDF

☐ 3rd letter of recommendation, converted to PDF (coming soon)

✓ copy of 4th certificate of employment (2005-2008) (SMU)

☐ sealed transcript from Catholic U. (grad school—on the way)

☐ sealed transcript from Georgetown U. (undergrad—on the way)

☐ health check; scan form and convert to PDF for job hunting (receiving 2moro)

Personal stuff:

☐ colonoscopy scheduling

✓ completed (& uploaded) first movie-review ebook ms

☐ get listed on Soomgo

☐ sample lessons for universities that prove interested in me

☐ sample lessons for KMA (which probably won't hire me)

☐ lessons for private tutoring (lower priority)—test prep & various subjects

☐ more Substack material to last through September

☐ more interactive quizzes for Substack (w/different question formats)

✓ ebook version of the first movie-review book, published

☐ dead-tree version of first movie-review book, ms prepped

☐ dead-tree version of first movie-review book, cover prepped

☐ dead-tree version of first movie-review book, published to Amazon

☐ ms for the second movie-review book (long-term project)—start working on it

I also found a few more errors in my book's manuscript. No stress; I've published the updates to the ebook version, which will show up while I'm still asleep. One person has bought the new ebook thus far, so that person will reap the benefits of an improved manuscript.