My firstborn

Joey graduates this December with a degree in Molecular Biology from UW-Madison. Quite the accomplishment.

He wants to work in a lab, but lab jobs...well, ALL jobs...are hard to find. So you can imagine his excitement when he called last week to tell me he had an interview for a part time position at a lab. And then the text message: "Guess who just got hired as a lab assistant!"

YEAH. Thank you God! How VERY exciting.

Of course I called and got a few of the details. He was on the bus home, and didn't want to talk too much...

It's 16 hours a week for now, and more after graduation. They promised him full time by next summer. WOO HOO. I asked him what exactly he'd be doing.

His answer still makes me laugh. "I am going to be studying the sleep habits of flies." !!!!

That took me so off guard that I didn't even ask the obvious: WHY? I just enjoyed his excitement, and shared the moment.

I've been chuckling ever since. Joey is an extrovert with a capital E. I'm pretty sure he'll be waking those flies up on a regular basis... just for company. It will be interesting to hear how his first week went - might be time for a drive to Madison.