Releasing the jobma to do its thing for other Buffistas. I signed an employment agreement yesterday that should keep me busy for the last few months of the year.

My father's company is looking for a Clinical Projects Coordinator. The ideal candidate would have their PhD or be a PhD candidate in Education or Psychology and have research experience. A master's degree would be acceptable if the person had research training and experience.

The position would work out of their office in Lexington, MA.

If you, or someone you know, might be interested in this position, please drop me an e-mail and my profile addy, and I'll send you the full position description (which is VERY thorough and much too long to post here).

I know it's a bit last-minute, and that many people here are completely tapped out after donating to hurricane relief, but I will be running in the Race for the Cure again this Sunday, as I do every year. If you would like to make a donation, click here.

Could I ask for a little sanity~ma? Things are very weird right now at the little company I work for and it is stressing me out.

My 20 year old nephew appears to have OD'd last night. He's on a respirator and he may have brain damage.

I'm waiting on a call from his mother to find out what's going on. A little bit of recovery-ma for the boy and some calm-ma for my sister would be greatly appreciated.

Just heard from Dana. She says that they're fine. They still have power, but no Internet. They're expecting high winds today, and less rain.

My profile address is good if you need to get a message through.

Give her my love, love.

(So chuffed for Herself! SO chuffed! I read the novel a while ago, and it's a peach, and I am going to go and order it from the bookshop in the centre of Cairo tomorrow, damn it!)

((Cashmere))

Back to me - just wanted to assure y'all that I've not been eaten by monsters, but that a combination of laptop-not-connecting-properly (I fear it's a trifle unwell) and being v. busy has kept me offline. All is well in the world of me, and I must thank you for the jobma; it turned out that they COULD offer me classroom work. I'm one of a team of five Permanent Subs, and although that sounds like the kind of person one might find in a bondage club, there's no leather involved at all. Seriously, it's worked out wonderfully well, and my coworkers are lovely. Largely American and Canadian too, which is nice. I've been working with the whole age range of Elementary kids, particularly the wee 'uns (with whom I have no previous experience). Life seems to have treated me with unexpected kindness on the job front - although I guess it could just be that they're hiding their evil rather better than the last guy. Possibly. So far, though, so good. I'm releasing the job-ma into the wild and telling it to go find Trudy.

Susan tweaked her neck and shoulder this morning. It's not nearly as bad as the back spasms that left her on her back for days, but she's still doped up on Flexeril and is day-to-day.