That is how much material I just stuck into an envelope as part of my most recent job application.  Fifty-six pages.  Granted, that includes five of my published articles, but that is still a lot of writing to do in just a couple of weeks.  Once Holden wakes up from his nap, I am going to bundle him up and we will be off to the post office to drop this bad boy in the mail.  And hopefully that will mark the last of my job applications…for a while.  With any luck, I will get a call to come out and give a talk.  My fingers are super crossed for this one.  And I have to say, the most kick ass part of this job is that it starts in August!  So I have a few months to spend with H if I happen to get this job.  Of course, a good chunk of the next few months would have to be devoted to hammering out a more solid research plan, but I have to say that constructing a research statement as part of the application process got me thinking more about what kind of experiments I would like to run.  Now I can enjoy Thanksgiving without suffering from job application hangover….

Have a great Turkey day everyone!