On the job front, a birthday, and one mom's truth

As part of the saga I've periodically recounted in my efforts to secure employment, below is the full text of (what I assume is) a rejection letter from the EPA.
This is one of the worst and most amusing rejection letters yet.

"Dear Applicant

Thank you for applying to Merit Promotion Announcement No. Reg 10-DE-2008-0010, Environmental Protection Specialist in Office of Water & Watersheds, Drinking Water Unit, Seattle, Washington.

A selection was made:

We appreciate you applying to EPA for consideration, and encourage you to apply for other EPA vacancy announcements at this web site at http://www.usajobs.gov."

An application was submitted, a response was sent, an applicant was confused:
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In other news, my brother turned older than dirt last week (40!), and he and his friend came up for a visit. We, of course, had cake.




Action photo of Kelly threatening to put the candle out old-skool style....











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Finally, my favorite story from last week: Paul, my brother, his friend, and I were in a local creperie (hooray for crepes!!) one morning and a mom walked in with her 3-5 year old son.
He declared, "Oh, it's quiet in here!"
To which mom replied with some humor, "Not anymore".

God bless such parents of young children.