Good luck on the job hunting, meara! Unfortunately, I don't nothing about no pharma companies, especially not in DC.
I meant to post my exercise update, since I finally got my ass into the center for the first time in two months. I was still able to swim a mile, but it did take me almost 90 minutes instead of the 70 I was down to before I went on exercise-vacation.
I'm going back tomorrow afternoon to break in my new swimsuit that I just realized is three sizes smaller than the first one I got back in February, not two!
Yeah, I'm kinda ruling out New Jersey, because I think I'd just be bitter to be living NEAR New York, and having to pay New York prices, but not having the cool bits *right there*.
I dunno. I work with some people who live in Jersey. It's pretty accessible via PATH but YMMV. It's also not NY prices, and the taxes are enviously low. (I'd get a 12% raise just by moving!)
OTOH, a friend (in no way related to work) works at Merck and is trying to get out. Says it's not happy there.
What about the research triangle?
Yeah, I have a good friend who lives in Hoboken. Twenty minutes on the train to Manhattan, and much cheaper. She seems to like it, but I don't know more than that.
I used to live in Hoboken, right by the City, and then reverse-commute to interior NJ. It's doable.
Heh. You'd think y'all wanted me to move to New York! :) I'll keep that in mind. I know here in DC, it's a lot harder to reverse-commute by public transport--sure, if you're on the lines, there are trains, but they run less often, or the connecting busses do, or whatever.
Ain't nothing cheaper than Philly. At least, not in a northeastern city. And it's decent enough, AND close to both DC and NYC!
Lake Oswego (wait, I KNOW that's cool, Cass lives there!)
It is! And I never even got to show you most of it. (And the commute into Portland's downtown is easy.)
Heh. You'd think y'all wanted me to move to New York! :)
Do not want.
Want you to move to Portland, obviously
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OMG, Best Week Ever just reminded me about "Trapped In The Closet" by R. Kelly, and that month when I had to sing the narration of everything I was doing. "And I'm making some copies! Making the copies!!"
