Not my ideal place to live, but after months of no microscopy job listings it sounds pretty good. The underlying problem with California per se is that, from all accounts, the weather is boring and the ground isn't, which is the opposite of the way it should be. (Not that St. Louis isn't a little faulty in that regard. <-- Pun not foreseen, but now that it's written down, it's totally intended.)
The big deal for me, of course, is that's a long way to go. It's not the sort of move you can make with a U-Haul over the space of a weekend. And yes, people make longer moves all the time, but it's still daunting, especially since I'd be involved. Worry worry worry flinch.
Of course, it's quite possible that I won't be called upon to make the move. I don't think I quite fit the qualifications. Which isn't going to stop me sending in my resume, because sometimes people are desperate for any port in a storm, but the job was posted where lots of microscopist types will see it and there will probably be plenty of candidates for them to choose from.
So then I went to the company's website to see if they want any particular information or formatting in a resume, because I am just that intrinsically savvy/paranoid, and found that they have another interesting opening on the East Coast. Which doesn't appeal to me either, even though it's probably in a cheaper area than the other one. Which just goes to show that I am a lazy bum who is quite happy to collect moss in one place while everyone else rolls around.
So I went to church yesterday, and the first thing I did when I got in my room was check the posters to see how many had fallen off the walls during the week. Okay that's boring. The
next thing I did was to check out that suncatcher cross in the window. I stared at it and tried to remember if the purple had really been
that magenta . . . then I realized the blue was totally gone. Just a week of direct sun was enough to fade all the blue in the dyes to nothingness. I went next door and checked on the butterfly. All the blue was gone and the green was very pale. Ah well, what are you going to do? They both still look nice. Although who knows how long the warmer colors will last. I moved the cross to a window where the sun wouldn't hit it so directly. Unfortunately, it's now in a much less visible position.
I guess the paint was really old or something. I mean, cheap's cheap, but it should still be reasonably competent. KJ will have to avoid leaving her froggy in direct sunlight, I guess.
I've been very sneezy today. Explosively so, even. It's been rather annoying.