There have been a lot of frustrating things that have happened this month, so let's just focus on the positive. Career: I've been offered a project coordination role with UW-Madison. Finally, someone who actually sees my potential in project management Regardless of if I take the position, I was able to negotiate my first salary and successfully. It was really hairy there for a moment, but they came back and offered me $5,000 over their original offer, which I was not expecting. The fact that they were offering me a starting at $55K in the first place really threw me off, but compromising with me at $60K knocked me on the floor. Seriously. I've never negotiated before, so this was a double win. AND the salary range started at $42,000, according to what Briony saw online. Holy crap. I made another great connection in the experience design industry - my coworker's brother Retirement: I saw my last pay stub today and didn't even realize that apparently I h