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24212. vonKreedon - 7/2/2008 3:19:19 PM That is such good news Judith! I love the image of the doctor experiencing why it is that he loves his work. 24213. arkymalarky - 7/2/2008 4:39:55 PM Hey VK!!
That's fantastic, Judith! 24214. vonKreedon - 7/2/2008 7:45:30 PM Hey Arky. How'd you end up liking Disney World? 24215. arkymalarky - 7/2/2008 9:51:42 PM It was okay, but not nearly as fun as I remembered it eighteen years ago when I went with a group of seniors on a senior trip. I wouldn't go out of my way to go on my own money, but if Bob or I had to attend another conference there (Bob did this time), I'd be glad to go, as long as our only expense would be getting into the parks. Food prices were outrageous and there were no extras in the hotel. I wouldn't stay on the site if I had a choice.
I also had a long commute to UCF to a workshop of my own, and that probably affected how much I enjoyed it--two hours of commuting daily makes the idea of "having fun" in the evening pretty unappealing. 24216. wonkers2 - 7/2/2008 10:09:33 PM Great news Judith! 24217. iiibbb - 7/3/2008 6:48:35 PM Haven't been in here in a while.
I hope everyone is doing well. Life is busy here. Still messy, but calmer. The latest in the saga here is that the university reneged on the job for my wife... not really the fault of the people that wanted to hire her, but they did majorly drop the ball by not keeping her appraised when they thought the offer might be in jeopardy (university politics).
We cobbled together a stop-gap so she won't be unemployed.
Although it is stressful, the upshot for me has been that I've been very supportive of her. I've basically earned a lot of points back for sticking up for her and getting my university contacts involved. I also unequivically told her that because of event I don't feel obliged to stay here and we can start working on the next step this October.
So she doesn't get mad at me anymore.
Secretly I'm still glad I did all of this. As much as she hates it here. As much trouble it has caused. We would've been worse off if we'd stayed. This move has vastly improved my odds finding work where she wants us to go. If I'd said "no" tho this job the one chance I had, we would've both been unemployed for several months. She would never acknowledge this... and it would be counter-productive of me to press the point... so I must have no regrets in secret, and cross my fingers that I can find some work up North despite the probable early withdrawal.
24218. arkymalarky - 7/3/2008 9:38:53 PM Congrats on getting through that stage--hope y'all don't have many more. Are y'all about to move now, or down the road? 24219. iiibbb - 7/3/2008 9:51:02 PM Ethically, I feel I have to stay here a year (there is also the matter of having to pay the moving money back if I leave too soon).... but still I'm not even going to look until October.
After that I will start to look in earnest New England way. There is a certain likelihood that P's going to get an offer up there, and they want her bad enough that should that offer come (November or so) they can wait up to a year before she'll have to move.
There is one bureaucratic hurdle that she must pass which is why I'm not counting my chickens yet.
It might get tough for me, but whatever... I took a chance coming here... I can take a chance going there. I'm probably better equipped to deal with the uncertainty than she is. My federal hiring status will last about 3 years from the day I leave this job... so that will give me a bit of a cushion, and my foot in the door for jobs up that way. 24220. iiibbb - 7/3/2008 9:52:08 PM If we both land federal jobs... there won't be any moving for quite a while. My brother lives up there, and we'll be close to NYC so we can visit her parents regularly... using the train even.
I'm worried if we both don't land something solid because the cost of living is going to be a little crazy. 24221. arkymalarky - 7/3/2008 10:59:48 PM True, but y'all don't have kids and you have family support. 24222. judithathome - 7/4/2008 2:39:23 PM AND, not having to re-pay the moving expense is a really big deal...my husband is in the moving business and the stories he tells of how much cost is involved in a move are staggering. 24223. judithathome - 7/4/2008 2:40:19 PM Have a great Fourth of July, Americans! 24224. judithathome - 7/9/2008 1:52:37 PM Magos, where ARE you? 24225. magoseph - 7/9/2008 3:30:20 PM We were kidnapped last Friday and forced to have fun. At home and barely alive, we are now recuperating. Will call you this afternoon. 24226. thoughtful - 7/10/2008 1:26:21 PM Can't go wrong in old new england. Don't know if it's because I've lived here all my life, but I can't imagine living anywhere else. Visiting, sure, but living? No way. Life here is a wonderful balance...enough winter, enough spring, enough summer, enough fall. No hurricanes, except occasionally, no tornadoes, except occasionally, no earthquakes, except occasionally, no brush fires, except occasionally, adequate rain except occasionally...you get the picture.
 24227. magoseph - 7/11/2008 11:35:06 PM Took this from Random--we can't be that stupid,
now can we?
24228. wonkers2 - 7/12/2008 3:45:13 AM Incredible! 24229. judithathome - 7/12/2008 2:56:01 PM WE aren't that stupid but a lot of people living around us ARE. I've been saying this all along and it is why I don't trust the electorate in this country to know what's best one whit.
But seriously, samplings from any country in the world could turn up that many ignorant assholes. 24230. thoughtful - 7/12/2008 5:32:55 PM As George Carlin put it, think about how dumb the average guy is and then realize that half of the world is dumber than that!
So much for our vaunted educational system! 24231. arkymalarky - 7/12/2008 6:24:23 PM Education cures ignorance, not stupidity.
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