There's a cold going around in lab lately -- the PI came down with it, the grad student next to me was out sick, and I have been paranoid about hand-washing and eating oranges (vitamin C) especially given that traveling and stress usually makes me more susceptible to viruses. This is not helped by the 20F temperature change in the area but -- well, there's nothing I can do about that. (Except complain about which clothes I should be packing away in the closet and which I should keep out.)

The PI that I interviewed with have not offered me a job interview, nor has she rejected my application. Instead she has said to keep in touch with her and to let her know when I'm done with all the interviews, which means that rather than crossing off one item on my to-do list that I can stop worrying about, I get to circle that item in red and draw "?????" next to it --- immensely frustrating, as you might imagine. Other than that I have nothing new to report. Still frustrated. Still stressed. I have in fact taken to describing my days to people on a scale of how tired I am because at the end of any given day I'm guaranteed to be some level of exhausted.

Possibly am drinking too much tea when left on my own. Going to limit self to no more than three-cup of caffeinated things on any given day.