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[figment]

Playing catch-up...

Work is going pretty well these days. Sometimes I am bored or stressed out at work. Recently it's been fairly engaging and I have not been overly stressed, so I'm happy about that. It's pretty darned busy, though.

I'm also making a project of trying to figure out what comes next. That is, I have made a commitment to my boss to stay in this job for two years. That is, until April 2008. That's a ways off, and of course I can stay longer if I want, but it seems like it's a good time to think about what I actually want my next job to be - perhaps even what I want my career to be. I've been reading books, cruising web sites, looking at job postings, and talking to people. This weekend my friend Cristina and I had a good conversation about job stuff. Tonight I'm going to a panel on international exchange programs. I'm trying to figure out both what I want to do, and where I want to do it, although an amazing job would make the "where" decision for me.

I've gotten a lot of sewing done lately, which has been really satisfying. I'm almost done with the project for pisces3857, and I'm pleased with it. It's at the hand-sewing stage, so I took it with me last night when we went over to watch the Oscars with C & J. We didn't watch the whole show but did enjoy the part we did watch. I'm pleased that Pan's Labyrinth got as many awards as it did; and that Jennifer Hudson won for Best Supporting Actress. Apparently I need to watch the other major winners.

I got to talk to tomscud yesterday, and my parents. tomscud is moving here, and I am really excited about that! While I talked to them I looked out the window and watched it snow big fat fluffy flakes; it was really pretty. Today it's all slush and is melting, so Tom, you don't have to worry about this snow being here to greet you in a couple of weeks, anyway! Also, I did my taxes yesterday (refund, all told, but not humongous), and I applied for passport renewal (actually I still have to mail them, but I'll do that later today). I feel pretty productive. Let's hope for an equally productive week!

Comments

[purple-cow-0206.livejournal.com]

Who's going to be on the panel?

[birdfigment.livejournal.com]

Monday, February 26, 4:00-5:30 PM
SIS Lounge

Featured panelists:
Fanta Aw
Director, International Student andScholarServicesAmericanUniversity
http://www.american.edu/ocl/iss/aw_fanta.html

Michael McCarry
Executive Director, Alliancefor International Education and Cultural Exchange
http://www.imi.american.edu/mccarry_conf06.htm

Bob Persiko
Chief of Youth Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Sherry Mueller
President, National Council for International Visitors
http://www.nciv.org/staff.htm

Moderated by:
David J. Bachner

[purple-cow-0206.livejournal.com]

That's a good mix of people. Sherry's really nice. She's actually on World Learning's board, and we use the NCIV network for the IVLP programs. It should be a really informative program.

[arvedui.livejournal.com]

Did you take the standard refund on the phone excise tax, or calculate?

[birdfigment.livejournal.com]

I just took the standard refund. I didn't think it would be easy to figure out how much I actually spent in the period in question, what with moving and cell phone and all that crap.