AS had her interview this morning, it sounds like it went badly. She felt like one of the interviewers just took a dislike to her right off the bat. Made a disparaging comment over her study record (simply uncalled for). Actually asked her if she was planning to go back home, because they'd had two people leave like that recently. Beyond unprofessional into inappropriately personal.

So she was feeling down. We went out for lunch, she sent me an email letting me know that I'd cheered her up a lot. We're going to the movies on Sunday, I'm looking forward to it.

Pssst...billytea is so doomed, pass it on...

Also, not here. Got two hours of sleep last night, spent ten hours in various orientation-type activities at the new school, and discovered I have neither a classroom nor an office to call my own. I instead have about three feet of a shared countertop with drawers every couple of feet to try to hide the fact that I'm sharing the room with twenty or so other teachers. I am so. not. happy. I have no idea what I'm going to do with the twelve boxes I shipped to the school from my old school in CT. Then again, seeing as one of the boxes never made it, I guess that will help with space constraints. Grrr.

I need to get some sleep. Tomorrow I have to have a crash course in their IT software. Woo. Hoo.

Tomorrow I have to have a crash course in their IT software.

No pun intended, of course.

Best of luck KristinT, I can only imagine how disorienting / exciting / WTF-am-I-doing the experience must be for you.

Edit: Also, billytea is doooooooomed!

To all library school students and potential library school students: bwaahaha! Our plot to take over the world through sharing knowledge continues apace!

Woohoo! I went to the info session and the program looks really interesting. I also think I have a decent shot of getting in since I'm interested in the technology track (information architecture or as they call it informatics) and my current job IS the technology track. My work experience and presentations at various conferences should fill in where I may be somewhat lacking in other areas. So, I'm gonna enroll in one of the pre-req courses I need and get on the GRE train. I'm applying. Good laws! Once again, am I completely insane???

Boo, nasty person at AS's interview!

Yay, on cheering.

I knew my ears were burning for a reason!

Hee! The crew I had for my time there were awesome. You see all this stuff on pregnancy boards about the evils of hospital births, how you're doomed, doomed to be rushed into a cascade of interventions but that's so not how things went for me, and I was having a medically indicated induction, for Chrissakes. The nurses were totally down with position changes, and encouraged me to try various things before pain medication--I made it to transition and part way through it without. I ate, drank juice, and thanks to their suggestions, went with a walking epidural instead of the regular variety when it became clear to me that I couldn't deal with feeling like I was being drawn and quartered.

They didn't talk down to me, explained things clearly, and felt more like partners in the process than anything else.

Like I said, you'd have totally fit in. Even my resident was a young, hip woman. The only two guys I remember seeing besides Paul were the Official Doctor Man and the ultra-suave Vietnamese epidural dude with the magic hands of quick and perfect placement.

I've been reading a lot of discussion tonight in the pregnancy/childbirth blogosphere on the unending hospital vs. home debate, so my birth has been on my mind a lot, and I'm so happy I had the birth I did. I'm also happy I knew women like you, Amy Parker, and a local friend who's a duela, because it really helped me to feel confident that the choices I was making were the right ones for me and for Lillian.

"My turn next! I'm going to need a diapering after this, ma'am."

Blurgh.

Buffista Tarot is BRILLIANT!!! I would choose The Moon or The Tower for me. (although ita has already been a Moon, so that would be good...or The World). Or the Ace or Queen of Wands, if we go into the minor Arcana.

"My turn next! I'm going to need a diapering after this, ma'am."

I threw up in my mouth a little bit.

AS had her interview this morning, it sounds like it went badly. She felt like one of the interviewers just took a dislike to her right off the bat.

FWIW, Christopher had one of his interviewers act like a complete asshole to him when he interviewed at current job. The guy acted totally unprofessional. When he met me afterwards, he told me there was no way he was getting the job. He was wrong. I hope AS isn't too discouraged.

You see all this stuff on pregnancy boards about the evils of hospital births, how you're doomed, doomed to be rushed into a cascade of interventions but that's so not how things went for me

Plei, I have issues with the home-birth crowd who insists that doctors and hospitals are all part of this evil, male-dominated medical cabal out to rob you of your natural birth experience. As a matter of fact, every medical professional in my birth was a woman. Even the medical studen t who asked me to observe. And they were very good about communicating and listening to what I wanted and encouraging me to handle as much as I could before I went for the meds.

My folks are descending on the house today and it is virtually a Pit of Filth. I'm going to have to bust ass this morning to get it presentable.

Big meara from yesterday since I was all busy and shit...

Great hair, lisah!

Good luck, GC!

At one point, Joe, ND and I were working on a Buffista Tarot Deck.

Oh, that would be SO cool!

I think we had vw as Strength.

Awwww…that makes me all sniffly. And reminds me that one of these days when I have a little extra money, I REALLY want to get that vw comic Joe drew for me framed…that and a book cover that Cass sent me. They’re sitting in a pile right now of things I want to do things with. But, one day they will be on my wall, and I will admire them daily.

Also, I got a job!

Yay, Heather!

Tom and Nora or Zmayhem. Because the Phoenix made them them.

Perzactly.

Thanks for the ~ma folks. I still have my job (said only half-jokingly), though the CEO is not pleased with the comedy of errors that led us to this point.

{{{Maria}}}

School begins in less than three weeks. I'm starting to panic.

NO PANICKING! Think of all the fun new books! That’s what I do at the beginning of the semester. It’s the end where I panic :)

Um. Yeah, definitely one of the grossest come-on lines I've ever had anyone use on me.

Oh, gross, Jen! Not enough ewwwwwww in the world. I’m so sorry.

He said, "Yeah, I think at this point I'm so beat that I should probably just go home." I said OK and started to walk away when he said, all quiet and shy, "But, um, maybe we could, um, y'know, do it some other time? Soon?"

Awwwwwww! Yay!

Safe journeys wished to Anne and Susan, peace and healing at the end of them, and safe journeys back home.

Ditto.

Pssst...billytea is so doomed, pass it on...

So true!

I instead have about three feet of a shared countertop with drawers every couple of feet to try to hide the fact that I'm sharing the room with twenty or so other teachers. I am so. not. happy. I have no idea what I'm going to do with the twelve boxes I shipped to the school from my old school in CT. Then again, seeing as one of the boxes never made it, I guess that will help with space constraints. Grrr.

Ack! That’s no good. I’m so sorry!

Once again, am I completely insane???

Nope! I totally think you should go for it.

My folks are descending on the house today and it is virtually a Pit of Filth. I'm going to have to bust ass this morning to get it presentable.

Good luck! In similar news, new roommate is coming over tomorrow, and since he’s a neat freak I was going to try to have the place pretty clean. Instead, I think he’s gonna get normal. I guess it’s time for him to see what he’s getting into…

Toto’s got a follow-up appointment this morning. He’s gonna get weighed, and we’re going to talk about whether or not we need to do x-rays. I think at this point I’m going to say let’s wait. I think he’s doing a little better. He hasn’t had any accidents in the house for the last week, so maybe it was just an infection that wanted to hang on and on and cost me oodles of money.

You see all this stuff on pregnancy boards about the evils of hospital births, how you're doomed, doomed to be rushed into a cascade of interventions but that's so not how things went for me

Plei, I have issues with the home-birth crowd who insists that doctors and hospitals are all part of this evil, male-dominated medical cabal out to rob you of your natural birth experience. As a matter of fact, every medical professional in my birth was a woman.

Not in the US, so not really applicable to the pregnancy-board weirdness, but my whole labor and delivery process was as natural as it could be. The only male hospital personnel were the orderlies who slung my bed from the labor room to the delivery room, and then moved me to my suite, and the first anesthesiologist. But even if the male doctors had been involved, they really try to let nature do what nature does best, and monitor/assist just to make sure that nature doesn't manifest its uglier side.

I need some job ma.

There is a large ticket item we dont' ahve any more. It's been gone for a long time (years, way before the current people were here) and it wasn't properly surplussed but illegally sold to another employee. Last year we went through this whole thing trying to account for it adn the situation was resolved. Except the same people are trying to claim we have it. I lost all my email from that time, so it's going to be tricky. I've got to start printing this kind of stuff out.