Frustrating

My life is very frustrating right now. Too much shit and not enough time. This is on top of the overall craziness of the end of the semester.

I had an endoscopy a couple of weeks ago to find out why I was having problems swallowing. After a few biopsies I found out (or at least the doctor suspects) that I have esophageal encephalitis. Say that one three times fast. It's an inflammation of the lining of my esophagus, which can cause pain while swallowing. The problem is that the research is still out on this problem. My doctor isn't sure how to treat it. One thing that does aggravate it is a food allergy. So next week I'm going to see an allergist. Fun. The other thing I can do is a topic steroid but the doc is holding off on that to see if I'm still having problems. *rolls eyes*

Then today I found out I have a courtesy interview for the tenure-line that is opening up. It's basically the "you're not qualified but the chair of the committee likes you so we're playing nice and giving you an interview" type of thing. Part of me wants to say "why bother?" but I did really want the interview. You never know. I might wow them but I doubt it. There are five people on the committee. The chair forced me on them which means four of them didn't think I was qualified for the job. My chances are about as likely as the Leafs winning the Stanley Cup any time soon (a snowball has a greater chance in hell).

On top of all this, I'm still job hunting and now applying to grad school. My brain feels like it's going to explode.

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