January 2012 will forever be remembered by me as the month that wasn't. Why? Because I was constantly on the road. Six interviews in three weeks in six different cities! I now am way too familiar with the Midway airport, as most my flights went through there.
One positive aspect of interviews is that I got to catch up with friends I had not seen in a while. It was great seeing Kevin, Mike, and Christine (she is a new friend) in NC, Jenn and baby Zoë in Chicago, Jenny and Karl in Rochester, Kirk in Philly, and Rizwan, Kristin, Aaney, Chris, and X in St. Louis. I am so lucky to have such great friends and colleagues!
Another benefit of my travels was tons of time to read. I will say that the turn off everything with a power button policy on airplanes is annoying, but I was still able to finished quite a few interesting books.
Here is a list of some really good reads:
The Fault In Our Stars: by John Green
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Catherine the Great: A Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goodrick
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
I would recommend any of these books.
Now that all the travels are done, I am left with the difficult decision of where Matt and I will end up next. I originally thought this decision would be easy, but now everyday I find myself rearranging "the list". Every site had pros and cons, which leads to lots of second guessing. This is a MAJOR decision and I am stressing out tons. I have until Feb 22nd to make up my mind, and I think it will go right up to that date. After that I will have to make peace with my choice, and see what the Match has in store for me. I guess the good thing about all of this is that with all places having strong pros (& cons), I think I could be happy at any of the sites.
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