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Tom still has me at the College of Agriculture. I'm sure they wish I could just stay around forever, but I need to advance and, more importantly, get some benefits. I threw together a nice secure file exchange web site as an alternative to people sending sensitive student documents via regular e-mail. If you have an ISU NetID you can use it. Let me know if you want to, and I will send you the URL.

I interviewed for a job doing PHP work in Durham which I am waiting for a reply on sometime this week. That positions sounds a lot like what I have been doing for Tom, but full-time and not being distracted by other help-desk, sysadmin type duties. I would also have students working for me, which would give me valuable experience doing some sort of managerial roles.

I also interviewed for a position at the College of Veterinary Medicine. I would be starting a project from the ground up, working directly with users on designing and implementing an online management system for the department. The place is primarily a Windows shop, so I would expect to learn ASP and .NET programming. That job also sounds like a lot of fun, plus I get the idea that I would be able to get more money out of that deal. I hope to hear something about this job sometime next week.

As for the rest of life; this weekend was busy and fun. My friend Chris came up from Kansas City for the weekend. Satay and Burrito for lunch and dinner on Friday. Saturday we had Gaila's mom and sister over for a turkey dinner, then found out that Gaila's sister was going to go see an acquaintance of mine who was currently with Chris, so I invited them all over to hang out. Sunday, Gaila and I headed over the Mel's to watch most of the Daytona 500 until Gaila had to go to work.

This weekend was fun, even with a sore throat and everything. Now it's time to clean up the place and do some laundry.