For most of September through November, my job search was highly unproductive. But in the past few days, it has been much better. I had my interview with the lab at Purdue on Tuesday, which went pretty well. The research sounded really interesting (though not in my area of expertise) but the PI stressed more about the personality and work style fitting with the rest of the lab personnel (there are about 6 people in the lab). She said that she would let me know about the position by the end of next week. And then yesterday I got not one but two calls about other position. One was for a job with a company in Des Moines for a toxicology position and I think that we will setting up an interviews in Des Moines sometime before the holidays. The other position in with a regulatory consulting firm in Columbia City (which is near Fort Wayne). I talked with the office manager (it is a small firm about 4 consultants and then the office manager) and she encourage me to visit the website and learn more about the projects that they work on and then we can set up an on-site interview (or phone interview if I wanted) before the holidays because they would like someone to start in January. So the past week (including the phone interview last Thursday) have been really encouraging! And more importantly Rachel and family will be here tonight, so that will be nice to see them all!
DALE: Pirate? Gondola operator? Waiter? Pirate waiter?
HANK: He's supposed to be gay, Dale.
DALE: Really? I don't see it.