Been awhile since I have updated this, too busy. Found another great school to apply to: Westmont University in Santa Barbara- I am guessing that my sister-in-law (or out-law as I call her) is the holiest one out there since she was praying for a job to open up and it did! Her brother went there so I am depending on her to make some calls to make it happen... I think I got a decent chance. My credentials are good, but I know I will not be competing with 300 other applications there. They ask you to sign a statement of faith, and it is pretty extensive. Fits with everything I believe about Christianity, but this is when it is an advantage that most biologists are NOT Christian. So we'll see what happens. Working hard on the applications...
I had a meeting with my advisor today to discuss this next years plans. He told me that it was going to be quite a year for me to get it done and apply for jobs and write several post doc grants and raise a son. I love the challenge. I also am satisfied knowing that if things don't work out this year, I can quite easily stay another year in Davis. Although I must admit, walking on to campus today it felt a lot like walking onto my high school campus senior year. Something about a last year that gets you going.
Final note: I played basketball with my lab outside from 4-5:15. It was so hot outside! When I got in my air conditioned car, I started feeling much better- so I headed over to the church to play from 5:30-6:30. I am so freaking exhausted...