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[DrBee]

I FINALLY got the call from the bee lab! I have an interview the week of Aug 20th! Wahoo! I was starting to get really bummed about not hearing anything. They were very enthusiastic about my coming for an interview. Whew! Now - to prepare the seminar. We've been having major morale issues here lately - this definitely help improve my mood.

[Nanci]

Congratulations! That sure took a long time! Now you have plenty of time to get nervous. Did grad student hear from them?

[DrBee]

Congratulations! That sure took a long time! Now you have plenty of time to get nervous. Did grad student hear from them?

Anticipation always gets the best of me, too. Postdoc didn't hear anything, as far as I know.


Snap - I've been in a blah mood all week, too. I think mine was a combo of coming back from gorgeous St. John's, not hearing about the interview (that ended today at least), and the crap going on at work. Everyone is constantly complaining about a few major events. Constantly. It wears on you after a while. I have been saying for 3 days that I was going to get out and run. Never did. Tomorrow morning - I ride! A good long ride!

FishJr is sitting on the floor next to me (protesting cleaning her room) and is making grumbling noises. That's her stomach growling because she "starving". The drama!

[Nanci]

I'm having a good week at work. Almost halfway through my 13 day stretch. I forgot what my bike looks like...I renamed my student Napoleon Dynamite and constantly make him say things like "Yessssssss" and "Do the chickens have large talons?" I even make him perform for others. I think he is sort of insulted- he thinks ND is dumb. I don't think of ND as dumb- just odd and laid back. Definitely not dumb. Oh- this is because he talks EXACTLY like ND.

New radiologists starting again Monday- who will know nothing. I will miss the outgoing two- the one who is like the new chick on Reno 911, Mary Birdsong, and the guy that I faked blood poisoning on. Hopefully the two new ones will be as much fun. I also get a new student.

Sounding like rain out there- we were going to try to get the OTHER bike out for a ride- haven't had it out since Saturday. I want to try out my helmet!

I had a rare sighting of Russell Jr. tonight. Like half an inch of his head. (Glass lizard- lives underground- I see him once every few months, but continue to feed crickets on the hopes that he's in there somewhere...)

I think Cracker Chicken, our young Gopher Tortoise, has moved away. We are extremely sad about this. He never even said godbye. (He moved outside full time this spring, and dug a burrow, and lived in it happily for several months before moving on to greener pastures. We haven't seen him since around July 4th, and his burrow appears to be abandonned.)

Definitely raining.

[Lise]

Nothing much to say, but that never stopped me. While the heat here is nothing like CA (I think of you guys out there every day, hoping it will ease..), it is hot, and it makes people stupid, I think. The ride home from work was perilous. Lucky I'm a member of Team Danger! People wandering into the bike lane on foot, cars abruptly lurching to the right to get out of traffice jams, etc. Some good news: I'm seeing a lot of bikes on the street these days. Chicago is a pretty good city in which to ride. When the traffic's backed way up, though, you have to watch for the alleys and side streets. A driver will decide s/he can't take sitting there anymore, burning $3 of gas per minute in the SUV, and jerk the wheel to the right to get into an alley or side street.

fish, so glad to hear there's movement on the bee lab! I know you'll keep us posted.

Snap, sorry to hear about the down week. Those dressing room mirrors lie, man! Don't believe it! Get out and ride that beautiful bike. You'll feel better.

Nanci, I believe you are but a waystation for some of these beasts, and a good one at that. How are the torts doing? Funny that the birds abhor their lovingly hung bird homes. It's absolutely your perogative to make your student do ND imitations. Part of the price of professional training. Entertaining the teachers. We have a nurse at work who does incredible imitations of Kip and Napoleon. Spot on.

OK, off to ride to the lake and swim a bit. L.

[maillotpois]

CONGRATS FISH!! Yay!

Snap, sorry you are down in the dumps. I hope the weekend picks you up a bit!!

[DrBee]

Thanks for the congrats ladies! My mood is definitely improved! And, of course, I'll keep you posted on my progress.

Lise - tonight FishJr said she wants to be a "person that helps get babies out of the woman's tummy". I kid you not, that's what she said. I thought you'd like that! She also wants to be an astronaut. So - she'll deliver babies in space!

[Lise]

Lise - tonight FishJr said she wants to be a "person that helps get babies out of the woman's tummy". I kid you not, that's what she said. I thought you'd like that! She also wants to be an astronaut. So - she'll deliver babies in space!

What brought that on? How cool! And who knows what we'll be doing on the space station when she is old enough to be a midwife or doc!