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sienamystic) wrote2007-10-31 07:03 pm
sienamystic) wrote2007-10-31 07:03 pm
The state of the Siena
So. These are the things that have been occupying my life, and which have been the source of many angsty emails and phone calls to friends, sleepless nights, and long conversations with my husband.
1. I am going to start a new job on January 2.
2. This job is in Lincoln, Nebraska.
3. Lincoln is a long way from here. But much cheaper to live. And husband could potentially get a masters without us going deeper into debt. And I'd be working for a cool place.
4. My leasing company will probably charge us a month's rent for breaking the lease. This is a good thing, because the other possibility is that it's two month's rent. We will be hoping very hard that that is not the case.
5. I'm still on track to officially get my MA in December. Have made contact with my second reader, who seems very uninterested in being a hardass about it - as she put it, it's a thesis, not a paper, and The Diva (my first reader) can be trusted to have caught anything egregious.
6. Returning to the first topic, the idea of a new job is scary, but also exciting. And the move is scary, but also exciting.
7. As part of the move, we will probably trade in both cars on a new/newer used car. We were thinking about the Suzuki SX because of the good warranty and generally good reviews, but apparently it accelerated like a dead rabbit. The Honda Fit has been in the running, but so has the Honda Element. We're trying to meld good gas mileage and a decent amount of cargo space (Bemo may need to haul music equipment, plus we'd need it for the cross-country drive, which will be complete with three howling cats in the back.)
8. The next few months are going to be CRAZED.
9. I have to write up my "I'm leaving soon" letter for work. But I think that can wait a few weeks until things there have settled down - we're currently in the midst of frantic exhibit installation/storage projects. I've never done one before.
1. I am going to start a new job on January 2.
2. This job is in Lincoln, Nebraska.
3. Lincoln is a long way from here. But much cheaper to live. And husband could potentially get a masters without us going deeper into debt. And I'd be working for a cool place.
4. My leasing company will probably charge us a month's rent for breaking the lease. This is a good thing, because the other possibility is that it's two month's rent. We will be hoping very hard that that is not the case.
5. I'm still on track to officially get my MA in December. Have made contact with my second reader, who seems very uninterested in being a hardass about it - as she put it, it's a thesis, not a paper, and The Diva (my first reader) can be trusted to have caught anything egregious.
6. Returning to the first topic, the idea of a new job is scary, but also exciting. And the move is scary, but also exciting.
7. As part of the move, we will probably trade in both cars on a new/newer used car. We were thinking about the Suzuki SX because of the good warranty and generally good reviews, but apparently it accelerated like a dead rabbit. The Honda Fit has been in the running, but so has the Honda Element. We're trying to meld good gas mileage and a decent amount of cargo space (Bemo may need to haul music equipment, plus we'd need it for the cross-country drive, which will be complete with three howling cats in the back.)
8. The next few months are going to be CRAZED.
9. I have to write up my "I'm leaving soon" letter for work. But I think that can wait a few weeks until things there have settled down - we're currently in the midst of frantic exhibit installation/storage projects. I've never done one before.
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And you don't want a Suzuki. They have no oomph.
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Of course, I've been bombarding