the noughties
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jawnbc 2000
I am in the 2nd year of my PhD. My work is garnering much positive attention and my fellowships pay me more than I ever made as a travel agent. Since I came in with 3 years of funding I'm hell bent on finishing in 3 years; getting a second fellowship means I can take up to 4 now. I'm teaching. I'm happy. En juillet je suis allé à Trois Pistoles, la plus plate ville du Québec. But I came home largely bilingual.
2001
Finish comps, get proposal approved, get ethics approval. Present at 2 conferences in the UK and one in Canada. Win prizes with 2 of the 3 papers. Give Paris another go and knowing the language helps a lot. Collect and analyze quantitative data for dissertation and start organizing the interview portion. My first one is scheduled for 11/9/01 11am: that morning a phone call from a friend has me turning on the TV just as one tower falls. Spend several hours trying to find out who's alive and who's not. Did the interview anyway...what can you do? In November a plane nearly falls on my parents' house while I'm visiting.
2002
Receive a post-doctoral fellowship to go to Australia. Then find out my dissertation needs to be done by end of March instead of end of July. That means 8 weeks to finish it. Present at a conference in Barcelona and travel withtoneyvr throughout Spain and with the mob around Catalunya. Defend my dissertation in October, graduate in November, travel to Rarotonga with the Boyz en route to Australia.
2003
Post-doc in Oz goes well, but I find Sydney a tough place to live. Am counting the days until I can return home when I meetquerrelle . It's hawt, fun, and I figure out on the 2nd date he's The One. Travel back to Vancouver for a conference; move back in August because of Mum and research obligations. Howied at SYD saying goodbye to Him for 8 weeks. But was back in his arms in time for New Year's.
2004
Rough landing the first month as partners. Massive hunts man spider in the house scares us both nearly to death. I land a plum job at Sydney Uni. Go to India to recruit students. Ask Himself to marry me. Marry him. Aunt Ethna dies.toneyvr comes for Xmas. Lots of quality time with mynumber1 .
2005
Finally admit toquerrelle how unhappy I am in Australia; we agree to lodge his migration application. Travel to NY on short notice ostensibly to say goodbye to Ma. Who is still alive. querrelle' s papers take less than 4 months. We move to Vancouver in late August; whilst in Andorra visiting the in-laws, get news Brenda died. Start new job at UBC (post-doc; organized online; yay having a strong reputation). Back teaching.
2006
New job impeded by a harpee.querrelle does Networking 101 and finds a brilliant job at a great company (he's still there). Am offered an assistant professorship at Alberta and turn it down ("Edmonton's not so bad"). We visit NZ and Oz for Christmas. Teaching is going OK; having a new subject to teach would be good. Successfully write my own grant for a self-funded post-doc, freeing me from the harpee. OMFG we buy a home! Mom in and out of hospital.
2007
New job going fine, but $ runs out on Halloween. Get a job at the Winter Olympics (Vanoc), a dream come true. Nanny's 100th in NY coincides with a very, very rough patch (meds and marriage). Puerto Vallarta for December. Mother-in-law dies on last day of holiday; poorquerrelle has to fly PV-SEA-YVR, then YVR-YYC-LHR-Gibraltar to help sort things. I fly to LHR later and it's Christmas in London. Which was wonderful, given the circumstances.
2008
Work the graveyard shift launching the volunteer recruitment process for Vancouver 2010. Super, super kewl. Aunt Una dies. Job begins to take over life. Nanny has to move to Pennsylvania and splits her time between my parents and uncle-and-aunt's place. Job becomes a nightmare. Nanny dies; the rancour begins, which stuns and saddens me to no end. Finally see the writing on the wall regarding Vanoc gig; start looking. Job opens up in the unit I had planned on targetting post-Games, and I get it. Caribbean cruise. Organize Olympic tickets fortaxe29 and his ilk.
2009
Job is pretty much perfect: great people, fun work, toys galore, life/work balance. Spend a lot of time boarding and skiing and skating. Big White with the Vanockers (oh so that's what powder means!). Visit the 'rents over Easter long weekend. Visit again in June for their 50th. Land a motherload of awesome tickets for the Games! Asked to co-write and teach a new graduate course in educational technology. Pass my probation, but have to fight university central admin about probation end, salary rises. Job moves from annual to permanent. Attend conference in Athens; travel via Budapest, Zagreb and Belgrade. Start volunteering at the Games. Christmas at home with good friends.
I am in the 2nd year of my PhD. My work is garnering much positive attention and my fellowships pay me more than I ever made as a travel agent. Since I came in with 3 years of funding I'm hell bent on finishing in 3 years; getting a second fellowship means I can take up to 4 now. I'm teaching. I'm happy. En juillet je suis allé à Trois Pistoles, la plus plate ville du Québec. But I came home largely bilingual.
2001
Finish comps, get proposal approved, get ethics approval. Present at 2 conferences in the UK and one in Canada. Win prizes with 2 of the 3 papers. Give Paris another go and knowing the language helps a lot. Collect and analyze quantitative data for dissertation and start organizing the interview portion. My first one is scheduled for 11/9/01 11am: that morning a phone call from a friend has me turning on the TV just as one tower falls. Spend several hours trying to find out who's alive and who's not. Did the interview anyway...what can you do? In November a plane nearly falls on my parents' house while I'm visiting.
2002
Receive a post-doctoral fellowship to go to Australia. Then find out my dissertation needs to be done by end of March instead of end of July. That means 8 weeks to finish it. Present at a conference in Barcelona and travel with
toneyvr throughout Spain and with the mob around Catalunya. Defend my dissertation in October, graduate in November, travel to Rarotonga with the Boyz en route to Australia.2003
Post-doc in Oz goes well, but I find Sydney a tough place to live. Am counting the days until I can return home when I meet
querrelle . It's hawt, fun, and I figure out on the 2nd date he's The One. Travel back to Vancouver for a conference; move back in August because of Mum and research obligations. Howied at SYD saying goodbye to Him for 8 weeks. But was back in his arms in time for New Year's.2004
Rough landing the first month as partners. Massive hunts man spider in the house scares us both nearly to death. I land a plum job at Sydney Uni. Go to India to recruit students. Ask Himself to marry me. Marry him. Aunt Ethna dies.
toneyvr comes for Xmas. Lots of quality time with mynumber1 . 2005
Finally admit to
querrelle how unhappy I am in Australia; we agree to lodge his migration application. Travel to NY on short notice ostensibly to say goodbye to Ma. Who is still alive. querrelle' s papers take less than 4 months. We move to Vancouver in late August; whilst in Andorra visiting the in-laws, get news Brenda died. Start new job at UBC (post-doc; organized online; yay having a strong reputation). Back teaching. 2006
New job impeded by a harpee.
querrelle does Networking 101 and finds a brilliant job at a great company (he's still there). Am offered an assistant professorship at Alberta and turn it down ("Edmonton's not so bad"). We visit NZ and Oz for Christmas. Teaching is going OK; having a new subject to teach would be good. Successfully write my own grant for a self-funded post-doc, freeing me from the harpee. OMFG we buy a home! Mom in and out of hospital.2007
New job going fine, but $ runs out on Halloween. Get a job at the Winter Olympics (Vanoc), a dream come true. Nanny's 100th in NY coincides with a very, very rough patch (meds and marriage). Puerto Vallarta for December. Mother-in-law dies on last day of holiday; poor
querrelle has to fly PV-SEA-YVR, then YVR-YYC-LHR-Gibraltar to help sort things. I fly to LHR later and it's Christmas in London. Which was wonderful, given the circumstances.2008
Work the graveyard shift launching the volunteer recruitment process for Vancouver 2010. Super, super kewl. Aunt Una dies. Job begins to take over life. Nanny has to move to Pennsylvania and splits her time between my parents and uncle-and-aunt's place. Job becomes a nightmare. Nanny dies; the rancour begins, which stuns and saddens me to no end. Finally see the writing on the wall regarding Vanoc gig; start looking. Job opens up in the unit I had planned on targetting post-Games, and I get it. Caribbean cruise. Organize Olympic tickets for
taxe29 and his ilk.2009
Job is pretty much perfect: great people, fun work, toys galore, life/work balance. Spend a lot of time boarding and skiing and skating. Big White with the Vanockers (oh so that's what powder means!). Visit the 'rents over Easter long weekend. Visit again in June for their 50th. Land a motherload of awesome tickets for the Games! Asked to co-write and teach a new graduate course in educational technology. Pass my probation, but have to fight university central admin about probation end, salary rises. Job moves from annual to permanent. Attend conference in Athens; travel via Budapest, Zagreb and Belgrade. Start volunteering at the Games. Christmas at home with good friends.
