allergies and jobs

masha's breakout was (thankfully) very small and did not spread this time around. on the other hand, oliver has some allergies (to the season and to fleas apparently) and has been scratching up a storm lately as well as rubbing his snout and gums on the carpet (which just sounds really painful to me). ugh.
anyway, i did not get the NIST fellowship or the teaching job, and i no longer think thats such a bad thing.