Cue the Rocky Horror
I've been sitting on this news for weeks, but now that the boxes are piling up in the dining room there's no sense hiding it anymore:
I'm going home.
One of the other reasons I didn't do any blogging in May was that, just as Christy and I were starting to fix the house up for sale, I learned about a job opportunity at a DC university. Two weeks and one whirlwind interview process later I got the offer, and it's taken every particle of my will to contain myself since then. Judging by those Metro posts I didn't contain myself very well, but at least I managed not to shout the good news from the rooftops before notifying my current and soon to be former employer.
Now the negotiations are done, the paperwork is in, and I can finally start shouting, but I find I've gotten used to the good news. That's just as well: nobody likes a gloater. Suffice it to say I'm thrilled to be moving on to a better job, and in my home town no less. I was beginning to worry I wouldn't make it back until retirement.
I'll be there Saturday.
Dude, congrats!
Posted by: Chris M. | June 27, 2006 at 11:05 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Garth "gwalla" Wallace | June 28, 2006 at 02:33 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Martin Wisse | June 28, 2006 at 04:12 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Bobby Kuechenmeister | June 28, 2006 at 04:45 PM
Dude. Between this, Matt's marriage, and Tony placing in the Writers of the Future contest, maybe I should go on ASH hiatus too! :)
Posted by: David Van Domelen | June 28, 2006 at 11:35 PM
Thanks to everybody for the kind words.
So you heard about the wedding too, eh, Dave? I thought I had the best news and then Matt had to trump me this weekend... :)
Posted by: Marc | June 29, 2006 at 12:24 AM
Congrats!
Posted by: Dave Intermittent | June 29, 2006 at 05:55 PM
Mazel *and* tov.
If you have already signed, can you name the University?
Posted by: Kevin J. Maroney | June 29, 2006 at 07:29 PM
Dude, congrats. I still get into town quite often. In fact, I'll be there on the 12th if you have time in the evening.
Posted by: JL Franke | June 29, 2006 at 09:51 PM
Wow, congrats!
Posted by: Jog | June 29, 2006 at 11:23 PM
Heh. I still think your news is pretty damn good, man.
Posted by: Matt Rossi | June 29, 2006 at 11:34 PM
Congratulations! And to Matt, too!
Posted by: Abhay | July 01, 2006 at 10:52 PM
w00t!
Posted by: Utforsker | July 17, 2006 at 11:48 AM