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Anxiety
Where to begin, where to end?
When I last wrote, I was leaving for NOLA. I got in with Brandon at 1AM on Saturday morning. We met Janina, our libero, at Cafe DuMonde for a donut breakfast, and then went to a dirty-looking diner for a real breakfast. We played decently in pool play (5-3?), seeded 9th. We went out briefly to the gay bars for a drink ( Read more... ) -
NOLA Is Coming
Here is a check-in, 10 days into the near year. How am I faring?
Honestly, I've been struggling. I'm unhappy in a lot of different ways.
Today I've been in a terrible mood. It started with an e-mail from Mark regarding our failed case study for yesterday's customer meeting. I didn't appreciate his tone, as he dictated what should be done (which is ( Read more... ) -
2018 Begins
It is January 1st, and I am at a coffee shop in Chicago with Mark, waiting to fly back to Boston this evening.
Yesterday we took the train into Chicago from the suburbs, and spent the afternoon at a coffeeshop by Kim's apartment, Stevan's gf of 7 years. Her apartment was nice, around Lincoln Park area. A cute gay couple joined us, and the 6 of us ( Read more... ) -
The End of 2017
The trouble with writing about 5-6 letters to Jon O in the past 2 months is that they basically turned into my journaling, and so I don’t have any record of things on here. On the plus side, he seemed to really appreciate my letters. So the question of, “what has happened since I last wrote?” is essentially equivalent to “What did I include in ( Read more... ) -
I'm 31 and have a new job
What a full day! Cooking, volleyball, working at a cafe with Mark, asian takeout, then 2 hours of dealing with depressed students.
Yesterday was a Halloween tournament which was actually quite competitive and fun. Then Mark took me to the BSO as a surprise and we got Uni afterward.
First week of the new job was good. The space is beautiful and ( Read more... ) -
End of my postdoc!
September 28th, 2017 On my third series of flights for this month! This time, I’m headed to Chicago for Mark’s cousin’s wedding. Earlier this week, I flew to NJ for 24 hours to stay in the Meadowlands and give a poster at the Merck postdoc symposium. Was nice to see a bunch of people one final time before heading out, and my family picked me up ( Read more... ) -
End of Summer
Summer will officially be over in 2 days. SO much has happened this past month:
-Job offer from start up company in Kendall Sq that Mark does work for.
-Provincetown trip for Alex's 30th birthday.
-second round interview at the library company in Waltham. I had to move my Iceland trip for that 2 days, so joined Stefan and Nadia late in Reykjavik.
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Summer Wanes
I can't believe the last time I posted was at the end of May! What has happened since then ( Read more... ) -
Defense Against Mediocrity
Nationals has been a huge roller coaster ride of emotion. But I've really been trying to make the best of it ( Read more... ) -
The Louder the Ring, the Less the Thing
"When we see black clouds coming over our heads, over our heads, then we know where it's ending ( Read more... )