I just...I have to accept responsibility that a promise isn't a hiring letter. I should have had it in hand before saying anything to my current employer.

The director of the program is trying very hard to find me a position somewhere, since she feels terribly responsible for this.

It's heartbreaking because I would have rocked this job.

Tim keeps saying, "you aren't an assistant, you're a writer, and you're going to eventually make a living writing books."

It's sweet, he doesn't really get the publishing industry and that fewer and fewer people make a living at it, but it helps to think of whatever job I do as a living and not a life, you know?

Snow! [link]

Not a snowpocalypse, thank goodness. Good timing, too -- it has 41 hours to melt before I have to drive anywhere.

Maybe I'm not done kicking the shit out of myself.

it helps to think of whatever job I do as a living and not a life, you know?

Yes it does. I was talking with a coffee shop aquatience who is in a bad situation right now -- sHe has a boss that says things like "i don't need to listen to clerical staff" after asking her a question. My friend isn't thrilled, but as she said this morning it isn't her life.

But I hope Tim is right.

Congratulations to you and your DH, beth b!

I hope the pain stays away, Steph.

Yay for Matt! What a relief.

Congrats to Matt!

I just realised that Dev Patel is the kid from Skins. I can't believe he's supposed to be dating Freida Pinto.

Off-topic - how difficult is it to replace a faucet? If I can put together an IKEA coffee table and know which valves to turn off before I start, would I be wasting my money hiring a plumber?

I hatehateHATE the faucets in our second bathroom, and would like to do something about them.

Replacing faucets is pretty easy, so long as your wrenches can get to where the nuts are.

Repairing faucets is a lot tougher. Nowadays it's usually better to replace them instead.

I wore myself out going to the grocery store and Target. Guess I really am feeling puny.