A Pretty Good Day

I realize I haven't written a new blog entry in a while (which I am sure must upset what I can only assume is a numerous yet silent readership) and that my last few entries have been less than positive. So let me fix both of these problems by just saying that, today, I had a pretty good day.

It started off with a phone interview for a lecturer position at Georgia College and State University. This is a position that is more teaching than research based, but, that said, I came out of the interview with a pretty good feeling about the department. They have extracurricular activities such as Friday seminars and Math Club, both of which I can really get behind in trying to make math more exciting for my students.

More importantly, I walked away from the interview feeling that I had done the best that I could. I did not trip over my words like I have in past interviews. I did have answers to the questions they asked, as well as intelligent questions for them. I know that I personally am not the best judge of things like this, but I felt the interview went very well. I am already starting to think about what life might be like in Georgia...

After the interview, I found myself fully getting into the madness that is the NCAA tournament. All it takes is a bracket in a small pool for every game to be exciting, and have what seems to be life and death implications. The day went very well for my teams. Even better, I was able to enjoy the last games of the evening at the bar with a few of my friends. Sports, as a general principle, are always better with company, and tonight was no exception.

Then, after the games (two of which went down to the buzzer, both in my favor), I walked back to my apartment and ran into my friend Jack at the library. I had a nice conversation with him about the Buffalo sports, Terrell Owens (someone who I need to blog about in the near future) and life after Caltech. All of these topics are near and dear to my heart.

Today started out with a significant interview, at least for my self esteem, and ended with two seemingly insignificant social events. I will not deny that the interview was important. But having a good time by getting out of my apartment and being social may be just as important. They say it is the little things that make life enjoyable, and I tend to agree with "them." It was the combination of the little things and the big things that made today a pretty good day. Hopefully tomorrow will be even better.