Am home. Lunch (left over Thai) is being applied as had some headache meds. Nap is next on the schedule.

Looks like CJ is flying out to CA for his Spring Break, courtesy of my dad. I had tried to get him to come out to CO during that time, but that didn't work out. CJ will be out there for Persian New Year and comes home the day before K-Bug's birthday.

Lunch (left over Thai) is being applied as had some headache meds

Directly to the forehead?

Erin, I find that kicking things (while wearing appropo footgear) is therapeutic

Also, listening to the angry music of your choice can help. Suggestions: Tool, NIN, My Chem, etc.

Quiet in here today.

Historic Green is 100 votes up! A couple friends from lj just posted it and they have pretty big friendslists, so I'm hoping that helps.

DH just put in his 3 votes too.

I voted, smonster! You all were handily in the lead at the time.

I should not be wanting to go back to bed. A three-day weekend, and I've done almost nothing but sleep. I'm feeling better today, but I still want to sleep some more. I did accomplish one thing today - got a couple languishing bills paid and set up on automatic bill pay, and I went through a years' worth of spending on credit and debit cards and made a list of things I could change or get rid of to save money. Wanna know how it turned out? I'll save $1150 per year just by getting rid of monthly expenditures on things I don't need or want anymore (like, I don't need the eFax service anymore). I'll save $1302.72/year by dropping sattelite tv and not getting cable. And once I sell my old Chevy, my auto insurance will go down by $600/year. That's about $3050/year! I was shocked that I could save that much just by making some adjustments. And I don't have to give up my regular charitable contributions - heck, I can increase them now - nor do I have to deprive myself spend less at Amazon (because what's really important, right?). Man.

I had missed that you could vote three times so I just added two votes.

I went into the office and I was the only one there, and I was able to get four pages written today rather than my usual two.

I am so sick of this job search process. Of the eight schools that interviewed me, I know that two have hired someone else. I haven't heard anything from the rest. There are a ton of schools where I applied and the application deadline was back in November or December and, as far as I know, they have not interviewed anybody. What are they waiting for?

Maybe economics, Hil? Also, speaking from my two experiences on uni hiring committees -- they tend to operate at a GLACIAL pace.

I was about to say what Erin just said. Lots of schools have positions that need to be filled, but are also in the middle of hiring freezes, so it's a stalemate.

Thanks. I'm just getting frustrated. I get antsy when I don't have plans. Even simple things like whether or not to get a new pair of snow boots -- I'll need them if I get one of the jobs in Chicago or New York, but not if I get one of the jobs in Atlanta or Arizona, so I can't decide whether to make do with the pair I have for the rest of this winter or buy new ones, since new ones would be a waste of money if I'm moving to somewhere without much snow for the next several years. When I'm budgeting my money for this year, I don't know how much I should be thinking about spending on an apartment next year. I don't know if I need to be looking at non-academia jobs.

I tend to plan things ridiculously far in advance, and having this big empty space in my plans is driving me nuts.