Getting the wheels in motion
Now that we know where we're going, we've started to put things in motion to prepare for the transition. We've started to talk to people about housing, health insurance, immigration documents, etc. We've already booked our moving truck for the middle of May. We can't believe our time here is coming to an end so quickly! Although we're excited about the new adventures ahead, we can't help be feel sad about our adventures in College Station coming to an end :(
I have only one more paper to write this term and it's practically finished. The rest of my time is spent thinking about the move. Our plan (as of now) is this: we'll pack up our apartment here and drive our stuff to Ann Arbor. Once there, we'll put it in storage, look around town for a few days, at least get an idea of the different neighbourhoods for apartment hunting purposes, and then head home to St. Catharines for the summer. Since Ann Arbor is only a 5-6 hour drive away from St. Catharines, there's no pressue to find housing in May; we could easily head back for another weekend in June sometime.
Once in St. Catharines, the plan is to relax and recharge. These two years have been intense and the next 5-6 will be even more so, so the summer will be a perfect time to decompress, spend some time with family, and get geared up for September.
Some of you may know that I had a paper accepted at a conference in Uganda and that we were trying to plan a trip to Africa for some part of the summer. I recently turned down the invitation (very torn about this!); we just couldn't see how we would be able to make everything work time- and money-wise. The trip would have added far too much stress to our already busy summer. So, for the sake of our sanity, we've decided to postpone our Africa trip until a later time (but hopefully not too far off!). We will, however, try to plan a trip to the UK to see Barb's brother Dave and his wife Pauline (living in London at the moment) for a few days in June or July. (We couldn't have a whole summer free and not do some travelling!) But nothing firm yet.
By the way, thanks to the many of you who have been following this grad school saga the last few weeks. The number of visits to this site during last week nearly doubled our previous weekly high! So thanks for your support.
I have only one more paper to write this term and it's practically finished. The rest of my time is spent thinking about the move. Our plan (as of now) is this: we'll pack up our apartment here and drive our stuff to Ann Arbor. Once there, we'll put it in storage, look around town for a few days, at least get an idea of the different neighbourhoods for apartment hunting purposes, and then head home to St. Catharines for the summer. Since Ann Arbor is only a 5-6 hour drive away from St. Catharines, there's no pressue to find housing in May; we could easily head back for another weekend in June sometime.
Once in St. Catharines, the plan is to relax and recharge. These two years have been intense and the next 5-6 will be even more so, so the summer will be a perfect time to decompress, spend some time with family, and get geared up for September.
Some of you may know that I had a paper accepted at a conference in Uganda and that we were trying to plan a trip to Africa for some part of the summer. I recently turned down the invitation (very torn about this!); we just couldn't see how we would be able to make everything work time- and money-wise. The trip would have added far too much stress to our already busy summer. So, for the sake of our sanity, we've decided to postpone our Africa trip until a later time (but hopefully not too far off!). We will, however, try to plan a trip to the UK to see Barb's brother Dave and his wife Pauline (living in London at the moment) for a few days in June or July. (We couldn't have a whole summer free and not do some travelling!) But nothing firm yet.
By the way, thanks to the many of you who have been following this grad school saga the last few weeks. The number of visits to this site during last week nearly doubled our previous weekly high! So thanks for your support.
posted by David Wiens at 4:14 p.m.
2 Comments:
well, sounds like you guys have things all sorted out! Good luck with the last paper and with the move!
Julie
PS would love to hear from Barb sometime!!!
julie
ditto on hearing more from barb! i've been trying to get her to blog more, but she needs a little encouragement from others. i know she reads the comments (they get emailed to her), so she'll certainly read yours. perhaps a few more comments like yours will finally get her on the computer!
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