The theme of this past month seems to have been 'internships, and little else.' After we got back from San Francisco, I filed all the requisite forms to get work authorization for the summer. Since then I've done four phone interviews with various researchers in my field, and a week or so ago I spent the (entire) day doing on-site interviews with Microsoft in Redmond. It's been sort of intense, but the news so far is good: I have one official offer and possibly more on the way. It is somewhat of an embarrassment of riches.

After my first phone interview with Microsoft, they (flatteringly) invited me over to Redmond a few days later. This was a little hectic, given that I didn't get my itinerary until a day in advance. One of my flights -- the very first one -- promptly got canceled, but United was kind enough to drive us from Charlottesville to Dulles instead. By the time I made it from Dulles to Seattle to Redmond, I was not in a great state. Fortunately, my 7 straight hours of interviews didn't start until the next morning...