... I don't know what brand/type of cigarettes that Hassan smokes, but it's the really smelly kind.  Like, I can smell his residual smoke from his office across the hall from mine after he's come in from the (presumably) semi-windy outdoors.  I have my door swung nearly all the way closed, and it's still permeating my little space ( Read more... )

1) People are greedy. That's basically what I'm getting out of this whole house-hunting adventure. We put in an offer on the Helderhill property last night. The old man who owns it (and his son, who is facilitating the sale) are basically not budging at all on their price. They are of the opinion that the house has been on the market only a short ( Read more... )

 Leo had an appointment on Friday and is doing great! He is 26 inches long and 16 3/4 lbs. We just went back to Ben's baby book and Ben was the same length but only 13 lbs at this point. Maybe Ben will turn out to be the bigger of the two boys, who knows?
Leo is also rolling like a pro and trying his darndest to fall out of his snail chair. Thank ( Read more... )

 First off... My interview at Albany was fantastic. The faculty were great, I had good interactions with them, and I can really see myself fitting into that department.

I have a job offer. I had an unofficial offer before I left on Weds, but Bill Millington called yesterday to offer me the job officially. It is a 50% position, teaching only, and ( Read more... )

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 Kate came by last night for our appointment.  Connie has the flu, so she stayed at home.  
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 Week #5: Your Proudest Achievement
Chantelle writes: Take a moment.  Go on, brag about it.

( Tooting my own horn... )

( Nothing of consequence )

I haven't been posting much about work/school.  Things are looking a lot better than they did a year ago at this point.

I've received 2 (TWO!) travel awards to attend the Experimental Biology meeting in April in New Orleans.  I have $1200 to put toward flight, hotel, and meals down there, so it's a very real possibility that I won't have to pay ( Read more... )

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