Oh, meara! How unspeakably shitty of them!

I vote stay in Seattle, since you'd seemed to be doing such a good job of carving yourself a niche there - but if you opt for the Big Adventure, there's a sofabed in Bangkok with your name on it.

I've been thinking about jobs after graduation. One of my friends who's graduating thing year told me that a bunch of universities in other countries are really heavily recruiting math professors. Of the countries she mentioned specifically, I think I don't want to go to Qatar, but it seems the American University in Cairo is looking for people. That could be interesting.

(I've pretty much realized that I'm more interested in teaching schools than in research schools. I like teaching a lot more than I like research, and I know that I wouldn't do well with the publish or perish pressure.)

Oh, meara. I can’t believe that! Actually, I can, but I’m still flabergasted on your behalf.

vw, I've got a pdf for you if you still need it Crap, no I don't -- I found the link typo did, but the actual pdf, they charge for. Bastards.

Yeah! That’s what I found too. Shoot. (This is me actively working on not saying “shit,” since it seems to REALLY want to come out around the kids. So far no actual problems with it, but I decided I should try to get that word right out of my system.) Guess I’m going to have to ILL. Oh, well. This part of the paper can wait, even though it would be interesting to include.

Me, I'm making a list of "get through this" music:

It’s a good list! I approve.

Sigh. My mother just emailed my sister and me an article explaining how compound interest works, and how it's different from simple interest. I'm a mathematician. My sister is a tax lawyer/accountant. She thinks we don't understand compound interest?

I’m sorry. Can’t. Stop. Laughing.

Must go find the Jilli article.

I have a lot to catch up on in here in the way of birthdays and such, but I have to say welcome to the world, little Frisco!! So glad your arrival was so easy for your mama.

And I am completely sick over the Meara laying offness. Wait. Meara. Laying. How can that be bad? ;) Anyway, it totally sucks red hot monkey ass, but I am pleased to know you want to stick in Seattle for a while, because that means you DID get something out of it (the relo).

Also, didn't someone in here mention this: Taking Over Written and performed by Danny Hoch?

It's just been extended and I hope to see it but I thought for certain that Hoch had some sort of link to Buffistadom. No? Yes?

I just got an e-mail about that! You must be on the list too. I've only been to Berkeley Rep once; I saw The Pillowman.

It's such a fantastic venue, P-C. I've seen a few things there in the past couple of months, and am going to see Carrie Fisher there in February. She cracks my shit up.

And...after all that, my dad has that journal on his shelf at home. Duh. I forgot that he doesn't throw anything away. He's scanning it in and sending it over. Thanks, guys!

meara, I'm sorry for the craptastic news. There has been a fair amount of good job-ma around here, maybe the job fairies can dust you too.

: snuggles next to Sox :

hands Sox a nice warm cup of chocolate tea, a comfy blanket, and a good book

:tosses (other) blanket over d & puts a chamomile eye-thingy over her eyes. Removes her boxing gloves::

ok. so good: we may have a contract on our house. 100 and whatever days later. sorta-meh: not as much as we were hoping, even after the drastic un-valuing. (Alan Greenspan, you are so on the list) Sparky gets mad props for being awesome and keeping me from leaping over the edge. Thank you so much to everyone here for the support. My mom was of the 'hold on - things will get better' school of thought - and she is probably right, but I think by that point I would have completely unraveled, and become Yarn, instead of Sox.

two other things are still in the hopper - but this one could be a massive relief and I swear I'll lay off the ~ma if it works. I swear.

also? I may have (.034 seconds after we may have started the actual selling and not just the marketing of our house - way to be patient and cunning) possibly sort of let one of the powers at [nonprofit] know that I was thinking about going part-time or consultant.

This after we needed to explain why a $45 cell phone cam produced a blurry image that wouldn't work well in print. but that had nothing to do with it.

eta: inevetable x-post! curls up with book, blanket and (what is that -... fernet? ... no, better - Jilli's Chocolate Tea!)