Good news

The Good and the Bad of Today:
1) was collecting clothes for laundry and bent down and hurt my arm by jamming it into a lamp - bad

2) while still collecting the laundry was checking the pockets of the jeans I was washing and found 4 twenties! - good

3) talked to Peter and got invited to go to Walnut Creek with him and Melanie this weekend - should be fun - good

4) did my federal loan exit counseling and was informed that it was going to take approximately ten years to pay off my debt (paying $288/month) - bad

5) got a call to come in for a job interview! - excellent (more information below)


So far haven't had much luck with the job search. But on Thursday I got an email from my old boss in the astronomy department, Patrice, saying that she has a friend in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department who suggested I apply for their Assistant Specialist position. I did so on Thursday, got a call on Friday from Patrice saying they had called her since I listed her as a reference. And today I got a call from Kristen, in the CEE department inviting me to an interview! Yay for that. Wait, gets better. Emailed Patrice to inform her of the good news and got an email back saying I'd probably get invited to a job interview at the Astronomy department tomorrow. I hope I get one of the jobs. :)

Anyway, not much else going on. Have been reading, watching DVDs, and cleaning. The cleaning has been taking up a great deal of time. Neither of my parents see this as a valid use of their time and so our house is less than clean - the appropriate term describing our house would probably be filthy. Am working on it though. Dad seems to appreciate it - my Mom does and doesn't. Whatever. As long as I have to live here will work on getting this place as clean as I can.