Reece turned to me this morning during our walk to his school and said that there are two weeks left until Christmas. I forced my brain to unfreeze long enough to realize that, in fact, there is ONE week left until Christmas. After I corrected him, I think my head exploded from the shock. Now, I must be honest and admit that I'm pretty much done with gift-related preparations, I don't have to make a big meal because my lovely sister-in-law and brother are handling that and we're just bringing beer (and probably cookies), and the decorations that are going to go up already have. My problem with there only being a week left is that my favorite time of the year is basically Advent - the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas with all the anticipation, the decorations, the holiday songs, and often the first snow. I like to drag that time out as long as possible, and I'm always a little let down after the presents are all unwrapped and everything has been used at least once. This year we have a lot to look forward to even after the present frenzy has ended, so I'll be fine, but I'm going to have to ramp up my awareness of all things holiday between now and next Friday.
On to the updates. The biggest one, I have been sitting on for a while because I wanted to be sure everything was a go before announcing it to the world. However, I've signed the appropriate documents and can now tell anyone who doesn't already know - I have a job that starts when my postdoctoral fellowship ends this coming year. Whoo hoo! I'll be a tenure-track assistant professor at Kent State University's brand new College of Public Health starting in August. And I'm thrilled. The whole situation fits me very well, and I'm shocked that this has all worked out. We really didn't want to move, but I also didn't want to take a job just because it was convenient. The only semi-drawback is that it's a 45 minute drive. However, it's against traffic, a beautiful drive, I will be able to be somewhat flexible on when I go in and leave, and I know that tons of people have longer and more stressful drives. It's just that I've gotten used to being only 5 miles from home and have enjoyed being able to even bike to work when the stars and everything else align correctly.
The other update is that the last of the (current) renovations were completed today. The built-ins are in, and I can get the mudroom organized and clear out the remaining extraneous items from the basement. And finally organize the tools, and our winter gear, and our cleaning supplies, and...you see where I'm going with this. I'll post photos when I've reached a stopping point - hopefully at the end of the weekend.
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