Of the summer, that is. Heheh. It's near enough to see, anyway. This means a variety of things.
We get some self-storage space on Friday, which we'll be moving stuff into for the next week and a half. Anyone with a truck or other couch-moving implement, please call.
My tenure at the Chemistry Library will be up soon. This is too bad -- an easy and somewhat lucrative job that was basically handed me. I'm searching for other employment for the next school year...
- Gary Wiggins, the guru of chemical information, is giving me some part time work. I'm not exactly sure what it will entail, but it'll undoubtedly be good experience.
- Same with an Instructional Assistant job I've landed, but again, it will be extremely part-time (like, 1 hour a week).
- So far, WonderLab has resolutely refused to post any openings... darn them.
- I've applied to be a substitute teacher with Monroe County Schools. I don't know anything more about this. They might be overloaded with Education graduates from IU looking for work, or they might not. I guess we'll see.
- Got some other leads that I haven't applied for yet. Guess I should do that.
Other items of note:
- Our trip to Spellbound was a success. It was about what I expected -- a number of Harry Potter-themed events happening around a suburban mall, lots of nerds dressed up in school-boy and -girl outfits, and a scene at the local Border's at midnight. Among the unexpected were a few more impressive costumes, the worst game of chess I've ever seen (played out with live people, a la Wizard Chess), watching a variation on Quidditch being played outside our hotel window, and a fantastic dinner we had at a local Greek restaurant (that wasn't HP related at all). I had a glass of Retsina and it was great.
- I am now in possession of the IKEA desk I originally intended to buy (having sold the previous one in a fit of optimism about our upcoming visit to the store). Samantha also purchased a dresser. More IKEA furniture to come.
- I have finished the Narnia Chronicles. I finished up The Last Battle just in time for our trip, and I only had to wait until Monday for Samantha to finish the new Harry Potter book. Which I'm also done with. :) Next up is either a book my mom suggested or Tam Lin... will decide soon.
Bah. I need to post more often and with less verbosity. I'll work on this. Meanwhile, I'm off to more culinary catastrophe and preliminary packing. (Not to mention alliterative adventures.) Peace!