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An Agonizing Decision

July 2nd, 2015 | 31 Comments

An Agonizing Decision

As of May 31, Kyle had two very attractive job offers in front of him, both of which he had negotiated. While he had submitted a few more applications earlier in the month, as he hadn’t heard back from them yet it seemed that he would just be deciding between the postdoc and the real job at the start-up. Kyle asked to take another week to make his decision, which the postdoc advisor agreed to.   This … Read entire article »

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The Tale of Two Job Offers

June 29th, 2015 | 10 Comments

The Tale of Two Job Offers

For the last several years, Kyle’s and my life plan has been for him to do a postdoc in his field and for me to be the ‘trailing spouse.’ We thought he would graduate and move to that position before I graduated, but it turned out that I defended only a couple months after he did, and he stuck around in his PhD advisor’s lab to finish up a couple papers as a short-term postdoc … Read entire article »

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Solving Our Two-Body Problem in 30 Seconds

December 13th, 2013 | 16 Comments

Solving Our Two-Body Problem in 30 Seconds

We’ve had two small developments in the graduating/finding jobs front of our lives since my last update that are having a major impact on our two-body problem!   New Information   1.  In a meeting this week with my advisor, he stated that it is his goal for me to graduate this summer and I told him “I’m on board with that.”  Of course, this doesn’t mean that I will graduate next summer because it’s up to me/my work as … Read entire article »

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Favorite Posts, Mentions, and Top Comments Week of 2June2013

June 9th, 2013 | 7 Comments

Favorite Posts, Mentions, and Top Comments Week of 2June2013

Last weekend Kyle and I were in northern Virginia to celebrate some family events.  We got a lot of quality time with my sister, which you’ll hear a bit more about in the coming weeks.  I was hoping to see SWARMS AND SWARMS of cicadas as I remembered another brood from 2004, but we only heard them and saw a few dead ones.   Yesterday we served lunch again at a local homeless shelter and then went … Read entire article »

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