I guess I've decided to take the job. I'm not very happy about it. I have three meetings on Monday to try to get tuition remission for Anne to take the undergraduate program. First I meet with financial aid, then the assistant dean, and finally the director of the graduate program (for those of you who know him, Mr. Venkatesh). We still don't know if Anne's even gotten in.

Laura told me that I can come back to the library if there's an opening in the evenings and weekends supervisor position; the switchboard supervisor (Kyle) told me that if there was an opening for the daytime operator, I could definitely switch if I wanted to; and the human resources officer (Lois) told me that she hasn't done any interviews yet for the position I applied to in Admissions. Because of all this, I at least have some options.

I haven't told Laura yet; in fact, my last words to her on the subject were that I'd decided to stay at the library through the summer unless I got a salaried position. I guess the offer to start me at the midpoint salary was enough.

It looks like I'll be studying Zen this summer. Jess had suggested it to me a while ago, and then I saw D. T. Suzuki's Manual of Zen Buddhism on a "what are you reading this summer?" library display and thought it would be a good idea to focus my mind while locked up alone in Peterson all night.