Baby's first job application

Applause, please. (And I never realized until now how close the word applause is to the word applesauce...)

Well, not quite first---the first one was last winter when I was on heavy narcotics and involved lying through my teeth about how close I was to finishing (as they say: not).

But this is the first real one. I would pat myself on the back, but: (a) I'm sore from Saturday morning yoga; (b) I'm under the gun to wrap up a 25-page writing sample for job application #3, which must go into the mail no later than Wednesday. Fortunately for me, application #2 just requires some more polish on the letter.