Don't hate me for my good day! (Dr. Girlfriend Knits)

Don't hate me for my good day!

I got the position! This morning I got a call from the Chair of the Department; she left a message since I was in class at the time. When I finally got in contact with her later this afternoon, she said they were impressed with my CV and interview and wanted to offer me the job. Then she asked if I needed some time to think about it. And like a 4 year-old whose grandmom offers her a huge piece of chocolate cake, I said "gimme gimme." (Ok, not quite, but I was a bit too enthusiastic in my acceptance). The position is coordinating a bunch of teaching assistants and overseeing their performance in lab classes. While it isn't directly teaching, it is experience at a managerial type position. I'm simultaneously excited and terrified about this position.
I got a poster accepted at SPSP in Memphis in January.
I ate french fries.
Today was the last day of class, and while I really enjoyed this summer class and these students, and still have a huge stack of papers to grade, I'm very very glad it is over.
I was finally able to keep up with the strength training workout video this morning.
I drove to the far away AC Moore for needles and found a sale on Sugar and Cream! I'm developing quite a washcloth stash. I also bought a pair of the light-up needles in size 11. I think they'll be good for my mom's shawl/scarf (probably less so for the lighting up and more so for the bright pinkness of them). On the way home from AC Moore, I stopped at Fabric Land because I really want to learn to sew better. When it comes to knitting, I'm now good enough to wing it and understand the construction. I try the same with sewing and it doesn't work. So I picked up 6 patterns (although no fabric) to try to start from scratch with sewing. I figure I'll look them over and order some fabric online (I got intimidated at the store). It turns out that today was a super special customer appreciation day and everyone who walked in got a 25% off coupon, and the patterns were all already 40% off. Yay!
Did I mention I ate french fries?

The ice cream is still in the freezer. I'm afraid of it. Skylar was the only one who got it right... avocado ice cream. It tastes like vegetable ice cream (and that's not a good thing). I don't know what I was thinking... but if Alton Brown likes it, I figured it couldn't be bad. The green tea ice creams sounds interesting (and at least more normal)!

Posted by Dr. Girlfriend on August 16, 2006 10:19 PM | Permalink