T-minus two years and counting and J will officially be finished with his PhD in virology which is a spectacular accomplishment. This is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it means J will be finished with pursuing the career of a professional student...just kidding he will be done with school and moving on to greener pastures as a post doc. By the way if anyone is keeping track (because I am) the end of his PhD will wrap up 27 years and counting as a student! Now to the curse part, we have to move when he is done. As in leave. our. beloved. C-town. Ugh. Can you tell I am not looking forward to the move?...I am seriously struggling to be the supportive wife on this one.
Our hope is to try to travel to our prospective locations in order to find out if they are livable or not. The reality of the situation is that due to the lack of a magic money fairy we will most likely only make it to two or three of the prospective locations. Bummer. We want to make an educated decision concerning where we end up and we have strict guidelines as a couple as to what will make a place livable.(If you would like to know the guidelines leave me a comment and I will share them with you)
So without further ado I bring to you the places that are on our travel list in the next two years in no particular order:
Ithaca, New York
Bloomington, Indiana
Boston, Massachusetts
Bozeman, Montana
New Haven, Connecticut
Columbia, South Carolina
This whole process is exciting and scary at the same time. I am so proud of J and his accomplishments. It will be hard to leave the Northwest, our families, friends and a really great town where we currently live. But moving will be an adventure and my hope is that we will find another place to live that is just as great as where we are now...at least one can only hope!
I know some one who has been living in Bozeman for the past couple of years and is getting out. A lot of the ski resorts aren't doing well and everyone is leaving save the farmers...Know another person in New Haven and they LOVE it. Boston seems intriguing...I'm interested to hear what you think of each place. We moved to San Francisco never having been there before, and rented a place with 3 weeks before our move! It may not have been the most sound financial decision (hubby's impulse...) BUT it was quite the adventure and we will never forget it!
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Isn't it crazy where life can take you? Where does the time go? Man we are OLD! ha ha ha We love you both & are so excited to see what grand adventures await you both. ;)
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