january
- barely made it to mike's in time to ring in the new year due to weather mayhem
- lost and then found all my dissertation taps
- turned 31 (gasp!)
- started phone interviews for faculty positions
- went to first on-campus faculty interview after a fun weekend in st. louis with mike and the fam
- happily quit full-time job so i could work on transcribing dissertation interviews
- dealt with first rejections for the job search
- went to iowa twice for job interviews and it was freakin' cold (much like it is right now...hmmm)
- made delicious and unhealthy valentine's dinner for me and mike
- hung out in o'hare airport for 18 hours trying to get back to ABQ
- two more on-campus interviews for jobs making the grand total 5
- lots of fun times in Texas at SXSW with mike and was able to catch up with other friends too and eat queso every day
- got two job offers and accepted one
- found out that i would be graduating december instead of august (which worked out way better in the long run)
- lost aggie ring :(
- worked on a lot of transcribing
- ran 3.1 miles (which was a personal best at that point...gotta get back there)
- started working in crazy retail jobs to earn some extra money
- finished up teaching last course at UNM
- had good times watching the brujos play at the sevens tourney
- "celebrated" the annual ritual of not having air conditioning in my apartment
- hung out with mike's family in ABQ
- found a cool apartment in DBQ
- started packing stuff
- more transcribing
- dennis came to visit ABQ and we had so much fun!!!
- ran in a 5K
- went to see bob schneider in santa fe with my friend kirk
- started packing more and sorting through stuff
- firmed up all moving plans
- continued transcribing
- went to TX for a visit
- had a fun 4th of july bbq
- shitty bar tour '07 and the discovery of "who's your daddy" a great local band who desperately needs a sound tech.
- went to vegas with mike to see richard cheese!!! so much fun!!!
- had a fun going away party at mike's (though it was sad to be saying good-bye to friends)
- stopped working retail (for a while anyway)
- hung out at the beach in galveston
- transcribed more
- went to las vegas again to hang out with mike for DEFCON and the brujos for the sevens tourney out there. it was crazy fun. crazy. fun.
- moved out of my apartment with the help of awesome friends
- moved across the country with help of awesome boy and heard hilarious commentary on iowa. ("iowa smells like shit....i wish i could fart to cover up the smell.")
- moved into new apartment with help of other awesome friends
- finished transcriptions!!!
- started new job
- had an impromptu family reunion
- finished draft one of the dissertation
- welcomed my niece cami to our family in st. louis
- finished drafts two and three of the dissertation
- (not much going on this month...mostly spent all free time writing dissertation)
- successfully defended dissertation
- got to hang out with mike in TX after not hanging out for two months
- celebrated homecoming at the alma mater
- went to ABQ for a visit
- submitted dissertation to thesis office for final approvals
- met future new roommate via discovery of having the same last name
- started working retail again
- hung out with mike in iowa
- got to catch up with friends i haven't seen in way too long in milwaukee
- completed final corrections on the dissertation
- had a wacky but good thanksgiving at home for the first time in three years
- caught up with my old friend bill
- found out dubuque doesn't have a lot of jobs for the boy...so started discussing new plan.
- got my first taste of winter back in iowa...brrrrrr!
- wrapped up a successful first semester of teaching
- GRADUATION in texas!!
- decided to save some money by moving out of my awesome apartment
- found my lost aggie ring!
- had a wonderful time at home for christmas
- put in notice to stop working retail
- crazy ass and super fun new year's eve that started in iowa and ended in illinois. hell yeah!
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