start date set

[jrtom]

My start date at MS has been set for 1 June. All we know right now about relocating is that we plan to be in Washington for at least a couple of days before I start.

(Packing stuff. Moving. Moving the cats. And Corwin. Finding/inspecting/bidding on/arranging for payment for/dealing with related crap I haven't even realized exists yet/moving into a house. Attending (and being best man at) a friend's wedding in Portland in early May. Disappearing for a week, starting from a week after I start, to my parents' anniversary and Megan's Carleton reunion.

Oh, and trying to actually get some work done, and, oh, I dunno, advancing to candidacy or something.

Gaaaah.

I'm looking forward to this...but it would be more accurate to say that I'm looking forward to having moved. At least MS is paying for a lot of the costs associated with relocating.)

Comments

[zuchini-head2.livejournal.com]

Hey if you want a hand with anything, let me know and I'll come up to Seattle on some weekend. Wouldn't mind seeing you before i see the whole crazy crowd in June with the 'rents.

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

Thanks--we may just take you up on that, and it would be cool to see you in a somewhat less...intense...environment than the anniversary. :) (Of course, you could get stuck with chasing after Corwin. :> )

[zuchini-head2.livejournal.com]

That's fine with me. Too bad i've already got my clinical in Tempe confirmed otherwise I'd ask if I could stay with you and work in Seattle instead

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

Well, at the moment we don't even know how close we're going to be to Seattle per se, so if you did plan to stay with us you might get stuck with a really nasty commute. (Redmond itself is about 20 minutes or more away, depending on where in Seattle you're going, and we might end up east of Redmond, for instance.) Plus we probably won't have a house until July or later unless we're really lucky. It would be cool if you stayed with us, but it would be kind of a crapshoot for you, logistically speaking.

[zuchini-head2.livejournal.com]

I gotcha. Ya I'm not doing my clinical until the end of July and all of August. And...I'll be staying with my ez. heh...