That jobma is a powerful thing. I now have the terribly first-world problem of choosing between two offers! So I gladly release the ~ma back into the ether and hope it helps the next person as much as it did me.

Both these offers entail moving for a year, so, as a heads-up for anyone needing an apt in NY for the school year to come: I will definitely be subletting my rent-stabilized Brooklyn one-bedroom for at least a year ($1000, next to the Brooklyn Museum and Botanic Garden, on the 2/3/4/5 subway lines). If you're interested, you can email my profile addy for more details. If you want a relatively unbiased opinion on the place, you could also ask one of the NYistas: msbelle, jessica, trudy, and tom scola have all seen it.

ETA: Despite the two offers, this didn't need to be said twice!

Just heard from my best friend, she received job offers from both Maryland and Texas. Not, so far, from San Diego, unfortunately. Decision-ma for her and chill-ma for me as I prepare to see her go halfway or all the way across the country.

Going gray for a long weekend; see y'all in a bit. All's well, no need to worry.

Going semi-dark tomorrow as I'll be driving to Arizona to move Andi (Windsparrow) back to Minnesota to live with me.

Please direct stay-awake~ma, financial~ma, vehicle~ma and the like towards our success in this endeavor.

ETA: Path down will be, at this moment, Des Moines, KC, Wichita, OKC, Left at Albuquerque, Phoenix, Casa Grande.

Return path is undetermined.

Hi! I am posting from a friends computer to say that I am almost all moved, but I haven't set up my computer yet, so haven't been around.

The move went great! Although the movers were VERY late(like 6 hours, although they called) that gave me time to finish packing, so they could move almost everything ! and it was only $300! and they moved it all in three hours-- upper apartment to upper apartment!

TomW and I are darkish- Verizon turned off our phone and DSL early, and we are otherwise proccupied with moving. See y'all on the flip side!

Hi All, I'm posting from a semi-public Internet information terminal they thought they had locked off to ouside pages. I'm in Wichita, so far so good. 1200 miles to Andi.

Update- Monday 8:45am Mountain. Just inside the New Mexico border. Free Internet access at the information rest area. Probably the friendliest visitor info center ever.

I just opened a box full of wonderful presents from an even more wonderful group of people (i.e. buffistae).

In the box was a very funny book, a very cute book, and a very practical gift. Also, deserving special mention, Make Way for Ducklings - one of my all time favorite books from childhood. I'm not sure if vw knew this or not, but my mom used to read that to me for hours. We also have a few groups of baby ducks around our lake here that hatched in the last few weeks. We've been talking about Make Way for Ducklings almost every time we leave the house because of all the baby ducks around here. My mom and I both enjoyed seeing the book again and will read it to Ellie tonight.

Thanks again to everyone. You are helping convince my mom that Internet friends are not so weird after all.

I know I've been somewhat gray lately but I need to ask for some job~ma.

Tomorrow I will be faxing a resume with references to a music store in Lake City, Florida in order to teach piano, voice & saxophone lessons. I am really excited about this possibility because it will get me out of administrative work, out of Michigan (I hate the winters here) and get me closer to my mom & brother (who live in High Springs).

I might be taking a trip down there in the next month or so if the owner of the store wants to pursue this. If that happens, I could be moving to Florida in the next 3 months, so I'm also asking for a come-together-quickly~ma for all the facets of getting a new job, resigning from my current job, finances & moving.

I've been a very dark gray, although I've tried to keep up. Long story made short - back in April I went for a follow-up mammogram to see if the spot on the previous ones had gone away. They hadn't; the radiologist told me I needed to have a biopsy. In early May I went in for a biopsy - done with a needle - and was told that the tissue was in a place too dangerous to use a needle. June 15 I went in for an excision (surgical) biopsy. Got the results - no malignancy! So I hope to be back posting with all the Buffistae (once I get through all the work that piled up while I was out).