yeah, that family from Chad. Wow.

Thanks, tommyrot. That's pretty on-point.

So all of my stuff that needs to be in boxes is in boxes. Today I go tape them shut and label them (and probably rearrange so it's easier for the movers to get to the furniture if they need to do that first). Movers are coming to put the bulk of my stuff into storage. Sunday my brother will be coming with a pickup to haul the rest to where I'm staying until Sept. (or sooner). The weather looks sketchy so we may have to get creative.

Almost over - I can have a week or two just breathing and getting used to the new commute, then I have to start apartment hunting. Since I have a few months I'm hoping I'll find something I really like where I really like. I so want this to be all OVER though.

Oh well, only to get through this is to go through this. I'm so exhausted though.

I just crashed the developer meeting to explain something that they've done multiple times before but seem to be having collective amnesia on. I have literally given them all the information I can think of--not just screenshots of every step they'll need to do, a high level explanation, a technical explanation, and a table with all the information that will need to be typed into each field.

It's brave that she can stand up in front of her peers and say she doesn't understand, but I will stand up in front of them and explain it in the SAME TWO SENTENCES I've been using for weeks.

Shocking lack of questions. Huh.

I just bumped into a confusing site-- [link] which is a charity to provide free reconstructive surgery for victims of female genital mutilation. Run by Raelians. Since they're also looking to propagate humanity through cloning, it's hard to say if their perfectly admirable end goal is actually reachable through whatever plans they have in mind.

I hope you can relax and recover once you don't have so much that immediately must happen, Frank. And that you find the perfect place to eventually live.

I have a pleasant conundrum: An opening has appeared in the QA department that checks tech support's work. The head of the QA department just said she'd love to hve me in the department. For some reason, the actual pay range of the department is classified, but she said no one has complained about any wage hit. So it looks like the only downside would be if I like the work and if I would mind having MOnday-Friday rather than Sunday-Thursday. I really like having Fridays off, but I'm also tired of talking to people. On the other hand, talking to people and getting their systems to work is one of the primary pleasures of the work. On the other other hand, QA has higher status and isn't bound to the clock like tech support is, and it would look good on a resume--or for looking at other opportunities in the company.

Mull, mull, mull. Time to get the paperwork from my department's supervisor to see if he'd approve my changing department and have a chat with Hubby.

I've got a protein bar for lunch, but I'd kind of like to go pick up a sandwich. But picking up a sandwich leaves less time for revising my novel over lunch. Tough one.

If I could get a burrito quickly then there wouldn't even be a question.

There was a business in San Francisco that planned on delivering burritos to your location by autonomous quadricopter. Sadly, the FAA wouldn't allow it.

I would get the sandwich, myself, but I see the conundrum.

So, remember that job I found out about a couple of weeks ago, where the director of the school wanted to meet with me right away to talk about the position? We met at a coffee shop that Sunday, Mother's Day, and talked for an hour -- mostly him telling me about the job and the school -- and then he said he'd set up a time for me to come into the school and meet some other people. He asked if I'd be free this week, and I said yes.

Aaaaaaaand, that was the last time I heard from him. No emails last week or this week about setting up a time to come in, no phone calls or anything. I talked with the current library director last week (she's a friend) and emailed the director of the school the next day, saying I'd met with her and talked about the job, and reiterating my interest in the position. That was last Wednesday. Is there anything else I can do at this point? Should I just conclude that he's decided to go with someone else?

Also, I just realized TODAY that I never sent a thank-you card after our meeting on Mother's Day. I didn't think of it at the time because it wasn't a formal job interview, but now I'm berating myself for not sending one, and am paranoid that that's why he hasn't responded to my email. ARGH. It's way too late to send one now, right?