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The cities, as in MSP? Would you be willing to make that move (and be closer to your girlfriend's family ...but also closer to yours )?

All his somewhat flakiness set aside, if it's legit and sounds interesting to you, I wish you luck.

The recruiter is in the (Twin) Cities, MSP, etc. The job is in Fargo. Excuse my poor communication skills.

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ETA: I've been exchanging emails with him all day. I believe he's submitted my resume and cover letter, now. Must. Stop. Refreshing. Gmail.

Bob, I'm having a rough day.

Last night I had multiple dreams, but they all centered around the same thing, a coworker who passed away this year. Sometimes I was the only one who could see her at work, and sometimes everyone else could see her, too. I woke up sad. When I was brushing my teeth, I got the news that another dear friend and ex-collegue had died durning the night after battling the same disease. Facebook and msn have both talked about that disease today. And so has pweb. This day sucks.

Dear Bob,

Well, it's official! Nate got the job in North Carolina. We are moving to North Carolina (in stages.)

Everything about this job seems great.

He went out there Friday for an interview. He loved their brand, their shows, the people he met with and the city. They were awesome and treated him really well and were really interested in making this a good transition for us. Not just for them, not just for him. For us. They were already talking about making sure he has time off for my graduation from vetschool. They want to fly both of us up there to look for housing before he starts.

They called this morning and officially offered him the job. Double his current salary. Benefits. They're going to fly us up there to house hunt. They pay up to 2500 of moving expenses. They want him to start January 2 so we can spend the holidays together and can move him up there on our schedule.

I'm so excited! And nervous!

That's great news, Kim!

That's awesome! Sounds like an amazing job with some really great hiring folk.

Kimmie, that's so exciting! The job sounds awesome and it's great they take you into consideration too!

Yay for Kimmie and Nate!

Yay Kim & Nate!!!

That's great news, Kim. I'm happy things are going so well for you two in that area. :)

Yay, Kimmie! I've been hoping for this for you guys ever since you first mentioned it!

I'm happy for you guys, Kim!

Dear Bob,

I wish this wasn't so hard!

When I was on Neurology in August, one of my patients was a cat that was getting radiation therapy on a partially removed meningioma (brain tumor.) She is a really, really sweet cat. Her name was Puss-N-Boots (PnB). She spent 2 months in the hospital and just went home a couple weeks ago.

Well, I just got an e-mail that PnB's owner (who was a delightful, lonely old woman who loved that cat) fell into a diabetic coma and is unlikely to recover. She's currently staying at some random vet clinic in San Antonio while lawyers settle Lorraine's assets. Then, she either finds a home or goes to the shelter where she'll surely be euthanized.

I wish I could take her! But I have 2 cats and 2 dogs already. And I'm moving halfway across the country in 6 months. And one of my dogs kind of hates cats (she tolerates my 2 cats, mostly. And they mostly avoid her. So we're set there, but most other cats do not understand Fiona.) And I don't think that I have time as a fourth year vet student to take care of a special needs, seizure-having, three times a day medicating, esophageal feeding tube feeding cat.

Poor PnB! Poor Lorraine.

I'm so sad.

Bob,

Didn't get the job. They said I was way too over qualified and wanted to keep my resume on file for if a higher position opens up.

Meh.

Argh, that is stupid and it sucks and I hope like hell they offer you something else soon. I know you were trying not to get too hopeful but still...it really is a big bunch of meh.

Bob,
House stuff is progressing well. We signed the finalized contract today. The inspection is done, mortgage is approved. Only thing left is the appraisal, which shouldn't be a problem. The closing is schedule mid to late December. And we have someone who has expressed serious interest in our current house, so yay.

I really need to find a job that will let me take a nap somewhere around 2:30-3:30 in the afternoon.

Bob,

this depression is killing me man. its not the kind that stays with you when other people are around. i am an extrovert at heart so that isn't the problem.
It's that i'm alone in my own home surrounded by family. oh yeah, we talk, and we love each other there is no doubt about that. but i'm still alone. the worst part bob? i have nowhere to go. no money to get there, and no vehicle to travel with. no friends to "hang" with besides my closest friend, but he doesn't want to do anything other than play video games and go hang with his friends. which i'm not apposed to going with them but i just can't make myself care for what they are doing.
so here i am, totally alone and surrounded by loved ones. I just want to leave bob. Is that too much to ask? to find a place of my own to start over?
I just want to find intellectuals like me. I'm too smart for this city bob. i have to leave, but i can't, i can't bring myself to care about the mundane and the regular that goes on around here. nothing interesting happens here.

DAMMIT bob. I need hope. Hope for something, and as hard as I try I can't do it on my own.
I just want to be understood by those around me.

-Brian

DAMMIT bob. I need hope. Hope for something, and as hard as I try I can't do it on my own.
I just want to be understood by those around me.

I hear you. I so hear you. Hang in there.

My friend just got the biopsy results back. Her son has cancer. They will try to treat it so that the tumor shrinks enough to be operable.

I am so sad. It's so not fair. She went through so much to have him. Hell, she nearly died from a late miscarriage before him. And now, about five years or so after he's born, she has to face maybe losing him?

His name is Ryan. Those of you inclined to pray -- please do.

Kids getting cancer is so wrong!

Bob,

Ooooh, I'm trying not to get excited or panic but I've just received an email from a Chicago area library about a job I applied for. It stated the obvious ("[suburb] is quite a ways from AZ") and asked if I could make the transition by January. That sounds an awful lot like interest to me. Still would have to be an interview but, I mean, they sound interested in letting me do that.

There are downsides to this job but I'll worry about those if/when this gets more real.


Holy. f***.

Random smilies that seemed appropriate.

*sends anti-panic and excitement-calming vibes to Alea*

*hugs and prayers for Kirsten's friend and little Ryan*

*many many prayers for Ryan and family*

*snuggles Nom close and tries not to imagine what they're going through*


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for Alea!

Kirsten, I kinda know how you feel. My 16 year old neighbor found out he might have cancer this week. He's going in for an MRI and more tests. It's scary. *hug*

Yay, Alea!

Hello Bob,

I've decided to fix up my life, starting with the giant tub of fat I call my stomach.

I purchased a copy of the 4-Hour Body, and I'm mixing and matching a few of Tim Ferriss' suggestions on losing weight.

I'm mostly adopting the slow carb diet. I'm avoiding carbs and fructose as often as I can, while focusing on protein, veggies and legumes.

Unfortunately, my girlfriend subsides almost exclusively on pasta and fruit juice, which complicates matters. Fortunately, the only meals we have together are weekends, when we tend to eat out, and dinner at most four weeknights a week. I think I'll get by with a bit of pasta thrown in a couple nights a week. Plus, I've got a cheat day in there somewhere which unbars all the holds, as it were.

I'm also skipping the suggested supplements for the time being, as I'm a cheapskate. If I don't make any progress without them, I'll give them a shot, but I think just the change in diet will help a lot.

O no Bob! In my posting frenzy I pushed you to the second page.

My sincere apologies, sir.

Love,
LilBee

Dear Bob,

My dogs are apparently trying to really freak me out this weekend.

Yesterday, Fi kept itching her right back leg and I found a big squishy lump with a weird firm apt unerring it. It got smaller throughout the day, but its still firm. I'm thinking maybe bug bite or rabies site reaction. But it would be a weird rabies reaction.

Now Dex is having bloody urine and he's whining about going outside. I'm thinking UTI or stones I hope UTI. Why can't they just wait til I'm a doctor to do this!

Hey Bob,

So...uhm. I guess I took a week off there. No real reason, just busy and once I stopped posting it got harder to start up again. I am struggling to find balance between all the facets of my life and I am starting to really hate neglecting my kids for the internet. Can't seem to find the right way to do things without something falling by the wayside.

So.... sorry? I guess? I don't really know what's up, but I'll try to post more then never, because never is stupid.

JL

Seven days in, 3.7 lbs down. Granted, I fluctuate about this much on a regular basis, but my weight has been steadily moving downward every day, rather than constantly popping up and down as it has in the past.

Only 50 lbs to go before my body fat percentage is actually at a healthy level.

ETA: Perhaps TMI, but I do need to work on adding a bit more fiber to this diet...

So Bob:

I am normally not a superstitious person. The times when I have randomly worried about ghosts and ghouls since I've turned thirteen can be counted on one hand, and are all almost exclusively when I'm in a strange place and it's night and I'm alone.

But there is something very, very unnerving about waking up from dreams-within-dreams about ghosts haunting your apartment to find that not everything is as it should be. The details are already leaving me, but at one point I woke up having thankfully eluded some of the ghosts that were attempting to take over the house I was dreaming that I was staying in to find that my bedside lamp would not turn on. The power, it seems, was out for it, but only that outlet: other lights worked fine, it was just my lamp and the clock radio that had no power. And then, after a few more encounters of the supernatural, I woke up again. Thankfully, my clock radio was still receiving power, and had never lost it.

I tried to go over the bits and pieces of my memories of the previous night in my head as I poured my cereal, trying to decide which were real and which were hidden between masks of waking and unwaking (had the booming fireworks actually happened, waking me up at a stupidly early hour? I decided yes), before I realized that my computer had failed to turn on when I pushed the button. That outlet had no power. In fact, my kitchen had no power. Even now I'm hoping it will come back soon, or else my fridge's contents will spoil. The rest of my apartment, mysteriously, is perfectly fine. But the hallway outside my apartment is as dark as a tomb, and all of my water runs icy cold, and the fog outside is thicker than Silent Hill's except for where I can see flashing police lights in the distance...

Love Jeff!

Bob,

I will never, not ever, forgive myself.

Bob,

Before we knew anything about buying a house and moving, we planned a trip to Florida for our anniversary. We are leaving on Thursday for a week. It's bad timing and I wish we could cancel it but we can't. It isn't costing much since we are staying at my grandmother's house but that's another thing. And I feel really guilty even complaining about it. But my grandmother isn't doing well, she just got out of the hospital this weekend. My aunt who lives nearby is sick of dealing with her. So, Mark and I are going to end up taking care of my barely functional grandmother during our "vacation". And my mom decided it's best if she fly home with us and stay with her for awhile. I know my grandmother must be pretty bad off if she is willing to come stay in NY in the middle of winter. Anyway, I know it's selfish to complain but I'm dreading this vacation when I'm already really stressed about moving and all.

Bob,

And we're upgraded from interest to interview.

I need to learn how to Skype...


Huh.


So confused.

Congratulations! I can't say I'm surprised. I wish I could help you with skype, but I've never tried it myself. Good Luck!