Hil, you like learning and want to continue that even though sometimes you have a fed up, no good, rotten day. They are the exception, not the rule.

I have new drugs. I took Advair this morning and could actually breath!

Yeah, I am liking Advair too. Found it a week ago. Kinda want to propose to it. That kind of like.

there are plenty of jobs that I was qualified for after graduating college that pay way more than a starting professor salary,

Are they jobs you would enjoy doing, Hil? When I was in grad school, there were undergraduates from the same school (information studies) being recruited at nearly twice my anticipated starting salary, and even the other graduate degrees the school offered generally led to much more lucrative careers, but I'm glad with my choice, because I love my job and my career.

and then I fly to LA Friday night!

Sweet! Where should we go for ....

Fuck.

Why am I in grad school? Just need some reminders. Work lately has not been going well. I'm browsing through craigslist, and there are plenty of jobs that I was qualified for after graduating college that pay way more than a starting professor salary, which I won't even be getting for another two years.

I've heard that at those job things you have a boss who tells you what to do, and you have to think about things that other people are interested in rather than the things that you are interested in, and you hardly ever get a year off for a sabbatical, and they expect you to show up at the same time every day even if you are working on something really exciting and don't want to go in. It's true about the much higher salaries but, hey, did I mention the thing about having a boss?

Hmm. My mother still has a boss. Is she doing tenure wrong?

Why do I keep thinking it's Wednesday? I'm getting all confused with trying to plan my week.

Huh, we must be in the same alternate reality. I even went to put my trash out, because Wednesday. But not so much. (Also Hil, as far as vague plans go, I should be in Otter Lake in a couple weeks to stay for a month or so if you want to work in an Adirondack retreat)

libkitty, breathing is da bomb. Go drugs!

Also Hil, school as long as possible. Learning good, and you are good at it. Both DH and I plan to go back as soon as possible. Every single phase of this life has the joys, sorrows, and lessons. But being in school is uniquely satisfying because it is (mostly) one of the few times where my effort alone determines the outcome. Not so much in other pursuits.

Aww Aims, sorry that you are feeling what all of us NOT IN LA feel on a regular basis.

As a final note. I worked my ass off today, not unusual. But in between working on my actual work I had such fun playing with images for Plei. So much not what I was supposed to be doing in Paint Shop. So much more fun! If I spent more than a few minutes at this I could be like Gud. Anyway, thanks for the delightful distraction and I hope you had a lovely 33. (Damn! You are more than 20 years younger than me chickee!)

I've heard that at those job things you have a boss who tells you what to do, and you have to think about things that other people are interested in rather than the things that you are interested in, and you hardly ever get a year off for a sabbatical, and they expect you to show up at the same time every day even if you are working on something really exciting and don't want to go in. It's true about the much higher salaries but, hey, did I mention the thing about having a boss?

Ah. Right.

OK. In the spirit of that, and because I've been working way too long hours lately for no good reason, and because I don't actually have any reason to be in the office tomorrow, I'm going to take tomorrow off. Instead of working, I will ... um. Do something else. Ah! I will go grocery shopping, take a bike ride, and make cupcakes. Or maybe spend all afternoon playing DDR. And talk to my super about whey, when I've got the air conditioner on full blast, it's still 76 degrees in my apartment.

Aww Aims, sorry that you are feeling what all of us NOT IN LA feel on a regular basis.

I smell sarcasm mixed in with the love.

Must be Bitches.

Hmm. My mother still has a boss. Is she doing tenure wrong?

Is she in a Med School setting? The heirarchical culture of medicine trumps the idealism of academia every time.

In theory the president of the university is my boss, but the only time he ever told me to do anything was my first week here, when he said "Do good work." That was fifteen years ago.

Also Hil, as far as vague plans go, I should be in Otter Lake in a couple weeks to stay for a month or so if you want to work in an Adirondack retreat

Ooooooh.