meisa's lagoon

man have i been a terrible blogger recently...i've entered the crazy stage that is the beginning of the end of my PhD, and feel like i'm being tugged in all directions in my mind. my brain is constantly sending me different messages of what i need to be doing right at that moment, and blogging just hasn't seemed to be edging its way in successfully.
both good and bad has been going on recently, mostly good i would say. i landed an interview for my dream job which i had yesterday, and it went really well. we'll hold out for a few weeks here and see what they have to say. i want the job because i can't imagine anything cooler, and i don't want the job because i don't really know what khalid and i would do. but i gave it my best shot and we'll see what comes of it.
in an effort to find another really cool job that would be near where khalid needs to be, i sent out another resume, and got my first rejection. my parents' response? "get used to it" which i suppose they are right about, but man, when you see a job that you would be perfect for, it's really hard to understand when a company doesn't see that. so that was a bit of a blow.
in non-job search news, we went to a friend's wedding last weekend in pittsburgh. lovely! although the dj played a lot of what i would call "grocery store music", we had a ton of fun. yes, you can still have fun dancing to "smooth operator"! pictures to come...