Dave got word that his job will be made permanent. That means we can stay put here in the UK! When he accepted the job last spring it was technically a one-year interim position, and the school had plans to fill it permanently this fall. (I think they were giving themselves an "out" in case Dave turned out to be an incompetent nut.) Fortunately, they like him. So we're staying.
This means I have to sell Florence, who is parked at my father's house in Florida for the time being. My brother has offered to sell her for me, in exchange for a cut of the proceeds, which is fair. I'm sorry to see her go, because she's a cute little car, but c'est la vie!
It's funny how things work out. Had I any idea that we would be moving overseas, I never would have bought a brand new car when I got my last reporting job in August 2010. I'll probably wind up losing as much money on the car as I brought home in a couple of months on that job!
Totally unrelated side notes:
-- I finished Anthony Trollope's "Doctor Thorne." Yay! It was a good book, and it picked up steam toward the end, but as a 500-plus page Victorian novel, it was also a challenge. Whew! Now I'm reading Joanna Lumley's recent autobiography, which was an "Absolutely Fabulous" birthday present from Dave. It's intelligently written, and Lumley is no fool, but with lots of photos it's still about as far from Trollope as possible.
-- Went running yesterday in Kensington Gardens. It was chilly but very sunny and a good running day. This morning it's raining and I can hear the wind gusting outside. December is very temperamental!
-- I found this amusing Web site which lists the prime-time television schedules for each year in the 1970s (among lots of other things). Browsing the TV listings was fun, and it's interesting how much I remember. But it also posed some questions. For example, I remember watching "The Waltons," but in 1979 it was apparently on opposite "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," which my brother liked and I'm sure we watched as well. How did we watch both shows? (It amazes me that we had only three national networks, plus, in our case, a smattering of local independent channels. I kind of miss those days. Television now is so complicated!)
(Photo: Jet trails over Notting Hill, Dec. 5)
yeah to finding out dave's job is no longer interim!!!
ReplyDeletea trollope tome - i am impressed!
just finished a WONDERFUL (little) book 'the girl who fell from the sky' - highly recommend it....
I'm happy for your permanent status! Congrats to Dave for making a good impression. I take it he is just as impressed with them.
ReplyDeleteI had wondered what happened to Florence in all that transition. She will be someone's (almost) new treasure!
TV is so complicated I don't even begin to understand it these days. (I grew up in a small town where we could get only ONE channel.) I've been watching a National Geographic special Germs, Guns, and Steel via Netflix on Apple TV in my basement gym. I know how to push the buttons on the remote but the rest will remain a mystery to me.
congrats dave! your life has changed so much from when i first started reading you. it's kind of exhilarating to contemplate!
ReplyDeleteWell, I look forward to your posts from London! And thanks for the fun television link --
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you guys! It's nice to be wanted - especially in today's economy.
ReplyDeleteFunny that Barbara mentioned Guns, Germs & Steel - Dr. M shows it in his history classes. I think it's pretty good.
Congratulations to Dave and now that you'll be permanent have you thought about what you'd like to do?
ReplyDeleteYAY! No more shifting around- you are there for keeps...maybe. Anyway sounds like happy news to me- sorry about your car- I have a 20 year old Honda Accord wagon- still going like a champ.
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