Okay so catching up since April. Revise dissertation X 43 days. Start packing house X 7 days. Travel to San Antonio for SLEEP meetings X 5 days. Finish packing X 7 days. Drive cross-country X 10 days (including stops with good friends and family). See parents and celebrate Audrey's 2nd birthday X 2 days. Unpack X 1 day. Start postodc.
But really since then, things have been pretty calm. There have been the usual hassles associated with relocating to a new city (I don't know where I am going AND there are no street signs! Car insurance costs WHAT? Ah, the DMV...) but it has also been fun exploring - there are plenty of parks, lakes, beaches, carousels etc. within an hour's drive from Providence. The newest attraction is "pick your own apples" which we may try in the next few weeks...
Providence residents (Providenizens?) are very nice, we've met quite a few folks, especially since our local "pocket park" is a magnet for everyone within a 10-block radius who has a 2-year-old. Work is good (actually accomplishing small, discrete goals! What a concept!) and Paul is making inroads in the art community - look for benches designed and partially built by him to be installed on Hope Street, maybe next month.
