Jude defends today. Meaning that in 12 hrs or so she'll either be Dr. Jude or she'll be temporarily rueing the day. The PhD. hasn't been the easiest of times. There's been death, sickness and all manner of family bits and pieces. There's been loneliness (you try living in Wappinger's Falls and having no reason to leave the house) and lots of times when we've felt trapped... turning down jobs because they didn't fit with the visa or areas of study because they didn't fit with advisor specialty. Financially it's been a disaster too - costing us close to $1m in lost earnings and opportunity.
Yet here we are - in New York, new friends around us. old friends back in the fold, me in a new job. Jude with an offer on the table and ready to start soon. The sum of human knowledge expanded a little. Can't be bad, can it?
Here's to closing this chapter and opening the next.
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