Wow, a week since my last update. I’m slack.

Most of last week was spent fighting off the Martian Death Flu or whatever the heck it was that attacked takaza and I. My fever finally broke on Tuesday, but I still have a cough that I can’t shake. During the day it’s not so bad, but I learned the hard way that I still need a good dose of Tussionex to get me through the night.

The most interesting news of the week came when I got a call on Tuesday from out of the blue by a company within 30 minutes of here. They found my resume on Monster and wanted to know if I could come in for an interview on Wednesday. I did, and it looks like a really good job. To be honest, I haven’t said much about it (and won’t) because I don’t want to get my hopes up too much. If it comes through, great, but I’m going to work on the assumption that it won’t. I also had a phone interview with James Hardie Building Materials (makers of HardiePlank, for those of you who know something about construction). They have a position available in Peru, IL, that could be interesting, but to be honest I think it’s unlikely – not a very good fit. But I went through the motions and put on my best happy face; we’ll see if anything comes of it.

We went out for dinner Friday with me_not_you and wildmouse (so-so Japanese restaurant and steakhouse – they’re having they’re ‘grand re-opening’ with a new menu in a few weeks, so you can guess how that went) – at least the company was good. Saturday we bummed around a bit and ran a few errands, then got a surprise dinner invitation from Thomas and Sherry. We joined them and Echo and Richard for dinner at a tasty Mexican place, then relaxed after dinner by browsing through the ice cream shop/kitchy “Country” gift shop next door. Sunday was spent going over MFF stuff and doing the weekly grocery shopping.

So yesterday and today have been spent preparing for the upcoming road trip for which I leave tomorrow. More details about that in my next post.