Thanksgiving

Sorry it's been a while. With the dearth of job news and the approach of the end of November, I stopped thinking about my future and focused on finishing up at my present job. I'm trying to get a paper ready for publication. I've written my draft and am still waiting for my boss to make his suggestions for changes. It's been about three weeks now since I've given him my draft. I received my last paycheck from Northwestern, so (now that I'm allowed to find another job) it might be harder to find time to work on the paper. My boss knows this, so I guess it will all work out. It just may take longer to get the paper published. And I don't really care about time to publication, as long as I get my Master's degree before my wife gets her Ph. D.

I guess you could say that things are looking up on the job front. I still haven't gotten an offer, but the patent law firm told me Wednesday that they are still considering me; they just want to make sure that they can afford the hires they are planning to make. At least, that's what she told me. At any rate, I should now hear from both the patent law firm and the engineering firm around the same time - in a few weeks.

In the meantime, I'm gonna find a temporary job. I contacted actual temp agencies, but they don't have anything for me, it seems. Monday, after taking care of a few things at Northwestern, I'm going to walk around Evanston looking for "help wanted" signs. It won't be a sabbatical like I was describing previously. I guess I'm not planning on having to do this temporary job for long. I'll let you know how that goes.

I'm thankful that I have a loving, supportive family. I'm thankful I live in a time in which I'm allowed to decide what I want to do for a living.