Hm. I can be sappy that way, too. But it speaks well of you. Still. Once she's done (I gotta cut degree seekers some slack, don'tcha know ), time to hit the job market. If no evidence of even looking seriously...then... Ironically enough, today I just turned in an application to join the pool/database of temp labor at my old uni. Pretty sad ("I have a Ph.D., but please don't think that will impede me from filing your departmental mail and answering your telephones..."), but I gotta pay bills until something more permanent comes along. Fortunately, my former adviser is supposed to be back today (er, yesterday) after several months overseas, so I can get him to fix three grades he didn't file correctly that I noticed on my transcript at the beginning of this year while filling out other applications.