I’ve begun the process of letting all the people I work with know that I’m leaving my job. For all the joy and excitement I’ve felt at the possibility and then promise of this new job, leaving this place that is comfortable and familiar is bittersweet.
I sat down with my supervisor this morning, in […]

I’ve spent a lot of time on the couch in the last few days, as this cold has wrecked havoc with my ability to stay awake for more than four hours at a time. I’ve watched five movies, more hours of food network than I’d like to admit, and at a very (VERY) low […]

I’ve wandered from my bed to the couch and back to bed today. I’ve consumed gallons of grapefruit juice mixed with sparkling water. My voice is hoarse and subdued, when friends have called today they invariably say, “Wow, you sound like shit.” Well thanks. My mom keeps calling to make sure […]

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This is art,
originally uploaded by Marusula.
Here are some of the pictures from my Pittsburgh trip, hope you like ‘em.

I spent last weekend in Pittsburgh, checking out Cindy’s hometown and generally being totally impressed with the city. Pittsburgh get’s a bad wrap when it’s actually a pretty cool little town. In some ways it reminded me of Portland, with the rivers, bridges and hills.
We had a fun, busy day on Friday, starting […]

I have lots of fun things to write about, but my head is foggy and my throat is sore. Yep, a summer cold has struck and I’m just going to have to ride it out for a couple of days. I’ll post something interesting as soon as I stop coughing.

It’s official.
I have a new job.
I start at Penn on July 18th.
My last day here is July 1st.
This is very (VERY) happy-making.

Sunday afternoon, Cindy, Ingrid and I were flying down the turnpike in my 1992 Subaru station wagon on our way back to Philly from Pittsburgh, when a woman behind us started honking and pointing at my bumper. I wasn’t driving, Cindy had taken over about fifteen minutes earlier when I became super sleepy and […]

I just got an email from Jackie at Penn saying that she’d like to talk to my current supervisor in order to get a reference from her. Our arrangement was that she wouldn’t talk to my supervisor unless they were going to offer me the job.
Yikes!
I’m all aflutter!

I had my second job interview yesterday, and while I don’t think it went badly, I didn’t leave with the same feeling of confidence and victory that I experienced after the first one. I met with two women this time around and they challenged me. They didn’t let me get away with answers […]