I made up a little song about how very grown up I am and sang it in the bath. That helped.

Hee! I hope you have indeed found your house.

ugh, my allergies are manifesting themselves not in itchy eyes or sinus, but in fucking HIVES. ITCHY SUCKS.

Not named checked, but the design elements are called "first-rate": LA Times review of "The Arsonists"

Vortex, have any pepcid around? --it is an H2 blocker -- which helps with skin reactions according to the doctor in the ER ( from the last time I had to take Matt in for a bad allergic reaction) It seems to help whe I get itchy

and the red cross standards for iron are very high.I need to be much lower for my doctor to pay attention to them

Very cool, Sean!

actually, I have some lora-something, which should work (of course, it's like 2 years old and may be expired)

Sean, I'm so happy to see all these great reviews! Btw, thanks again for feeding my furballs and walking Zoe tonight. I didn't get home until 9, so they would have been very unhappy with me.

I feel like I have so much I want to talk about with all of you. Lots going on. Yet I keep starting to type and then deciding what I have to say just isn't that important or feeling too tired to even articulate it all. Nothing bad really. Just life stuff. And I'm missing ND. Being alone isn't anywhere near the trigger it used to be for me five years ago, but it's hard sometimes.

I hope you start talkin' Kristin, 'cause I want to hear what's going on with you!

{{{Kristin}}}

Oh, thanks loves. No need for hugs. I'm really fine, just very pensive. The short version is that the director position at the girls' school five miles from our house isn't happening--not because they rejected me but because the Head decided to appoint an interim for a year while she does a revamping of the whole structure (the associate head is also leaving, and I suspect that she is deciding whether she needs both positions or should create new ones). She said she would love to forward my application to the search company she is hiring, but the actual job wouldn't begin until the 2011-2012 school year.

However...I'd heard through the grapevine and just confirmed on their website that an upper school English position has opened. I just sent her an email expressing my interest, so one door closed but another may be opening. I really like this Head. She seems smart, funny, and very thoughtful. I would like to work with her, and I really want to stay at a girls' school. Like Aims, I've found that working with young women is where I seem to be happiest and most successful. The only thing I'm a little worried about is the chance that the interim director is one of the English teachers, so this English position might be a one-year replacement rather than a permanent position...but, who knows? I think it might be worth taking that chance.

I'm just a little concerned that it's already mid-April. I really need to let my current school know ASAP if I'm not coming back, and I won't know that for weeks even if they start the interview process tomorrow. Lots to think about.