tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post117001250320781131..comments2023-07-17T05:07:53.982-07:00Comments on clashing hats: Realistic assessmentHilairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1170167424462658642007-01-30T06:30:00.000-08:002007-01-30T06:30:00.000-08:00Hilaire -- All of this sounds wonderful. I know th...Hilaire -- All of this sounds wonderful. I know this isn't your dream job, but you're clearly making it as dreamy as possible -- way to take agency, and good for you! Certainly it is scary to buy property (I was freaked out for several months after doing so), but it is true that one just sets up automatic payments with the bank, and then you don't have to think about it.<BR/><BR/>And the tenure clock beginning to tick: In some ways, it's useful to be hearing this, so long as you don't get freaked by it. I've known people who spent their first couple of years just relaxing into having a TT job and then ran around in a panic for the next few years, trying to catch up. I'm a big fan of "slow but steady" in this regard, so I think it's positive to have that eventual road marker in mind from the beginning.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and fabulous news on the house-sitting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1170093821615269852007-01-29T10:03:00.000-08:002007-01-29T10:03:00.000-08:00Thanks, guys...yeah, I'm pretty lucky on the teach...Thanks, guys...yeah, I'm pretty lucky on the teaching load for next year. It is becoming much easier to see the positives in all of this...<BR/><BR/>Flavia, I have to remember how right you are about how easy it will be to make connections, likely. I have no trouble making new friends in academic settings. Last year, within a couple of months living in last year's Uni City, I had made some very close friends. And, like you, it seems absolutely everyone I inform about my moving tells me they know someone where I'm going - it's quite astounding, actually...So I have to remember that, too. <BR/><BR/>Tiruncula, I love the idea of doggie daycare, dog parks and petsitting coops at the University of the Blogosphere...You and I can strike that committee! (Cause I don't think we can escape committee work even in the blogosphere!)<BR/><BR/>And Grumpy, I think you're right - thinking about it as rent to the bank will be smart. I've had a numebr of experienced people tell me I just need to be organized about it, get everything in my life coming out of my bank account automatically, and all will be okay...Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1170090639401353202007-01-29T09:10:00.000-08:002007-01-29T09:10:00.000-08:00Rock on with the 1-2 load! You'll need it with all...Rock on with the 1-2 load! You'll need it with all of the visitors you are having.<BR/><BR/>Getting a morgage freaked me out too, but once you have one it feels like rent to the bank. I know that is probably an incredibly immature way to look at it but that's how I keep from freaking out about it. What freaks me out more is all the work we have to do on this house!grumpyABDadjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996252815514179671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1170073947252162202007-01-29T04:32:00.000-08:002007-01-29T04:32:00.000-08:00Wow-- I can only DREAM of a 1-2 load. I am so jea...Wow-- I can only DREAM of a 1-2 load. I am so jealous! Congratulations on what sounds like the beginning of a very good thing.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03047700345491098393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1170034516351111722007-01-28T17:35:00.000-08:002007-01-28T17:35:00.000-08:00YAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!((big hug!))YAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!<BR/><BR/>((big hug!))medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278854285443306227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1170025574648340942007-01-28T15:06:00.000-08:002007-01-28T15:06:00.000-08:00Congratulations on excellent negotiating! Doing th...Congratulations on excellent negotiating! Doing the drive and buying a condo sounds like excellent adventures. You have my sympathies on the dog-unfriendliness and the general ambivalence about the move. (When we found the University of the Blogosphere, there'll be a dog park and doggie daycare on campus and a petsitting cooperative.) Program-building sounds like fun, though!Tirunculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788199657297216288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1170014804617985472007-01-28T12:06:00.000-08:002007-01-28T12:06:00.000-08:00This sounds really great, Hilaire--and congrats on...This sounds really great, Hilaire--and congrats on all your negotiating!<BR/><BR/>Speaking as someone who recently moved to an entirely new city myself, I've been surprised by how many of my friends have already come to visit me here, and how many more have professed serious interest in doing so. I've also been surprised by how easily I've met new people and how easy, ultimately, it was to slide into a place I'd never even visited before my campus visit, and where I knew no one. (Somehow, everyone I *know* knows someone here, and I've benefited from those connections.)<BR/><BR/>I know this isn't your dream job or location, but I think that the many advantages of *having* a real job, a professional identity, and--goodness!--real estate will go a long way toward compensating you for all the less-than-ideal parts.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.com