He's over 12 pounds now, and healthy. Unfortunately he's decided sleeping is a scary thing, so whenever he gets tired during the day he usually just gets crabby. He also isn't too happy about being held by me. I'm not entertaining or soft enough or something unless I'm walking him back and forth, face forward so he can see where he's going. He's a ( Read more... )

Well, let's see. Things going on ( Read more... )

Still in the market for a job. I have gotten into Boeing's database. They have their own build-a-resume page. The sticking point is prior work experience. I have that, but pinning down the dates may be a bit tricky. If anyone reading this is still in high school or college, take my advice: keep track of all your internships and other little jobs. ( Read more... )

It went quite well. I wound up serving the pancakes, which I guess counts as a promotion after serving sausages last year. Pancakes are basically the same as sausages, except of course they tear more easily. A more difficult job counts as a promotion, right ( Read more... )

It's official: My M.S. diploma arrived today. I am a graduated M.S. fellow. That really helps with my confidence in looking for a job (I've found one or two leads so far). I'm sure it's totally unrealistic of me, but the idea of going to a job interview and them asking for proof of this alleged degree and me just having to hem and haw about it ( Read more... )

So the old laptop HD is now acting as an external HD on my laptop. No Master_Resume, apparently, but I got a few cut-down versions that should do the job. Really, the main pain with re-doing my resume would be getting all the dates straight, but I'm just glad to be able to access that stuff again.

Finally got the paperwork for getting paid for the thing I'm helping with at school ( Read more... )

Looks like I'm going to be a square peg in a round hole with this job application. I'll consider several different ways to sand off my corners and doubtless pick the wrong one. (Which isn't to say that there must be a correct one.) If left to myself, probably the stupidest one ( Read more... )

Put in a good, productive, canny, even competent morning ( Read more... )

Had a very nice Christmas up north with KJ's family, and then we got to stay overnight with Grandma on the way down. All the stray cats she was taking care of have wandered away or died. This gives her less to do with herself, unfortunately. It also means that we didn't have to worry much about fleas ( Read more... )