So long Seattle, and thanks for all the fish!

Seattle is awesome – the people, the culture, the activities, the Troll, and on and on. And, for two years, it’s been overcast and rainy, which has worn thin on Dean and me.

This spring, meaning April, not every other alleged season for two years, Dean was wistfully looking at an internet list of the sunniest cities in America. Little Rock was on the list and also was noted for being the rainiest of the sunniest cities, making it great for gardening.

As it so happens, I lived in Little Rock for 3 or 4 years back in my tender college years. I loved living there. My best friend of 18 years and her family live there. It is where I found Unitarian Universalism and where I joined my first congregation, which I still fondly consider my home congregation. I only moved back to Nebraska because I was young and poor and didn’t have a family support system there to help me through the lean years.

So, when Dean mentioned the article, I mentioned how much I enjoyed Little Rock and how much I would adore living close to Leslie again, then he mentioned how good it was for gardening, then I mentioned how expensive Seattle was, then he mentioned...you get the picture.

Out of that article, in late April we decided to move to Little Rock –
In three to five years. Dean pressed for a year. Leslie pressed for a year. I wanted to get things in order and have a plan, of course. So we settled on April 30, 2014 as our target move date. Dean started a countdown of the days in soap on the bathroom mirror.

In early June, I was just looking around on the internet at jobs in Little Rock, starting to get a feel for the major employers, their career sites, etc., and I found the absolute perfect job for me. There is only one of them in Little Rock and these jobs don’t open often in smaller cities like Little Rock. I had to apply. Dean was in full support.

I think the only real question they asked in the phone interview was, “You know this job is in Little Rock, AR, right?” I had to do a lot of convincing that, yes, I lived in Seattle now and, yes, I wanted to move to Little Rock, AR. Went down for a site interview. All went well.

Today, I accepted the position and start in mid-August. Notice how many years before April 30, 2014 that is? The universe works in mysterious ways.

And, like when we up and decided to move to Seattle, I’m leaving Dean behind to fix and sell the house while I jet off to the unplanned job. Very crazy stuff.

Seattleites – Fear not. I will return occasionally. Dean may not move until next spring. There will be plenty of time to feast and fest. I suspect we will have some sort of soirée before I leave in August.

That’s the long and short of it for now. I shall remember to take my towel.

What the heck is a tenterhook, and why do we wait on them?

Tenterhook

Tenter

Me. Waiting. Still can't blog about it.

37 and counting

Yeah! I finished the original drafts of my last two textbook chapters so I'm once again free to blog. Of course, there is a lot more work to do before you all have the greatest E&M textbook in your sticky little fingers, but having the original text done is huge!

But now I don't have a blog topic. I have a potential blog topic, but I can't blog about it until next week. A word to the wise - be careful what you put out in the universe. You just might get it, and sooner than you think!

I'm trying to find the top of my desk this afternoon at work. Just like the house, I prefer to have everything neat and tidy at work but, just like at the house, finding the time to make it happen is hard. I've made three new file folders, which makes me happy.

I also have a new arch nemesis at work, which keeps things interesting. The rest of the avengers and I are working to vanquish the evil that has been brought forth to the office. It's more interesting than creating flow charts.

And my birthday was Tuesday. I was thoughtfully gifted by those that love me with a near non-event of a day.

More, better, later.