Slow Progress

At this stage in the move, the most notable events are the progress David and I are making on our dissertations. I think that I am over half way now. I have one more paper and an overall discussion and conclusion chapter. I am shooting to have a (very rough) draft in 6-8 weeks. We'll see. David is making steady progress. He has little choice but to finish in mid-May. His advisor is leaving then and won't return until January. With us leaving at the beginning of June, David is pretty much locked in to a defense time period.

On the job front, David is working out the details. This includes whether or not we can use moving money for start up costs. That makes a difference in terms of what stuff we take. Money only for moving = I'm packing my crappy broom and dust pan and shipping them across the Atlantic. I am optimistic that we can get most of our stuff in a few boxes and ship it UPS. It's about $800 for 250lb and it only takes a few days. I think pots, pans and linens weigh < 250lbs. I wonder if we can ship Molly?

Local news: we are having a huge snow storm with blizzard conditions. Guess what Stella did in light of the bad weather? She bolted while we were shoveling the drive and proceeded to elude us for over 2 hours. I finally spied her sitting on the corner (really) waiting for the bus to pass. She then launched herself into a huge snow drift, paddled through it and ran (sort of) around a house. When I finally caught up to her she had an enormous snow beard and was shivering uncontrollably. Damn dog. I don't suppose anyone would have a guess as to what Molly was up to during all of the ruckus?