Today I successfully completed not one, but TWO interviews within a two hours of each other. Needless to say, I'm exhausted. So much work needs doing, and I'm sitting here like an oaf, blogging and praying for mental stamina. Hm. I really don't mean to sound ungrateful. Two interviews are infinitely better/more encouraging than none. I'm just ( Read more... )

Well, I've applied for seven jobs ... and counting. I have a pestering feeling that employment will take much more than seven, however. In class tonight, an established -- albiet unemployed -- magazine professional reminded us that we are competing with people like him for jobs. So we had better be either impossibly good, or just plain cheap ( Read more... )

This money-spending phobia is finally getting on my nerves ( Read more... )

Oh, how I'm not ready for spring break to end! It wasn't too rejuvenating--I had to work part-time. But I got to neglect homework almost guilt-free and focus on important things. Like wedding planning ( Read more... )

St. Olaf is so pretty. The nostalgia I feel whenever I'm on this campus is hard to explain; maybe because the student body feels so connected that I'm reminded of freshman year. (Not that I was integrated with others in my dorm, it was just a happy time ( Read more... )

I just noticed our family has had two babies in the past month, and I forgot to mention either on livejournal. And, as history documents, babies automatically merit posts. My oldest sister had a boy on January 29th, and my youngest sister had a little girl yesterday. Emmett and Ruby. Hooray! And don't worry, we won't have another. Until July ( Read more... )

Yesterday, my parents arrived home from their 17-day vacation. In Hawaii. So last night we had a half-welcome home, half-birthday party for my nephew's 1st birthday (pictures of that will come as they are processed ( Read more... )

Best thing to happen to us in a long time: http://weworemasks.com/Read more... )

My weekend was totally unspectacular. I have a nightmare of a cold, and am menstruating, so I generally feel awful. Tonight was pretty amazing, though ... Stavanger had a family Valentine's Day catered dinner thing. Comfort foods abounded! Also, the Joy Trio gave a 30-minute program, complete with red blazers of shimmering glory (at least ONE ( Read more... )

I played Mommy this weekend--and it only reaffirmed my decision to not have kids for a VERY long time. I literally watched two children, ages 1 and 3, for two days and two nights. I even had to drop them off at daycare this morning in a minivan before going to my corporate job. AHHH. I'm so thankful society has shifted to this point; where ( Read more... )