A touch of chaos

The last few days have been busy. Little Dude's been struggling with what we think are more teeth coming in, though none have poked through. He hasn't been napping much, despite his obvious need for sleep.

I've had a few follow-up phone interviews with schools since the big job fair last week. I have three scheduled trips to schools, which is great, though one is tomorrow in Maine, and I'm planning to bail on them. No offense to Maine, but it's a 45-minute interview over 2 hours away. Usually the school visit interviews are all-day affairs. I don't want to have to get an all-day babysitter, and spend 5 hours in the car to talk for 45 minutes.

The other two are in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and I plan to go for those. Both sound great.

I also successfully went on a long run on Saturday without any internal organs exploding. That's always a plus.

Then, on Sunday, we went to the Natick Mall to watch Filene's slowly die. Despite my negative feelings about rampant capitalism and consumerism, it's sad to watch a store go out like that. Particularly b/c all those employees are losing their jobs, and you know retail doesn't take care of its people.

That being said, we had some gift cards to the store, and we decided to take advantage of the sales. The atmosphere in the store was a bit like how I imagine the Disney version of the looting of Baghdad. We spent a chunk of time in the bedding section, where sheets and comforters were strewn about like a shock and awe had come through and left ugly patterns and slightly uncomfortable throw pillows in its wake. We managed to find an awesome comforter and sheet set for about $75, down from about $250.