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Of course, I am celebrating by leaving; I write this entry from Manchester Airport, en route to Japan.[*]
My, what a decade it has been! Ups and downs, to be sure... but mostly ups. In fact, I have described the year just ended[**] as my best so far!
Looking forward to the next decade, my beloved![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cheshcat and I are currently house hunting and putting down roots in Sheffield, whilst I am planning for my next triathlon and my first marathon, plus have grand schemes for both my research and teaching.
Here's to the next ten years!
[*] The pre-celebration happened Wednesday evening, when I repeated the same journey from O'Hare to Heathrow -- these days en route to Sheffield, not Oxford -- but still. Speaking of which, it was lovely seeing many of you at the birthday party on Monday!
[**] By which I mean February 2nd 2015 through February 1st 2016. Not exactly the conventional calendar year, but since when did I hew to convention? These dates bookend a year, but are not arbitrary. It starts with the job advertisement for my faculty post and ends with the news that the chemo was successful and my father's cancer is in remission. Much more in-between, but that is more fitting for a separate post than a footnote.
Of course, I am celebrating by leaving; I write this entry from Manchester Airport, en route to Japan.[*]
My, what a decade it has been! Ups and downs, to be sure... but mostly ups. In fact, I have described the year just ended[**] as my best so far!
Looking forward to the next decade, my beloved
cheshcat and I are currently house hunting and putting down roots in Sheffield, whilst I am planning for my next triathlon and my first marathon, plus have grand schemes for both my research and teaching.Here's to the next ten years!
[*] The pre-celebration happened Wednesday evening, when I repeated the same journey from O'Hare to Heathrow -- these days en route to Sheffield, not Oxford -- but still. Speaking of which, it was lovely seeing many of you at the birthday party on Monday!
[**] By which I mean February 2nd 2015 through February 1st 2016. Not exactly the conventional calendar year, but since when did I hew to convention? These dates bookend a year, but are not arbitrary. It starts with the job advertisement for my faculty post and ends with the news that the chemo was successful and my father's cancer is in remission. Much more in-between, but that is more fitting for a separate post than a footnote.
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For us, it's Hallamshire.
Thirteen viewings so far, mostly this month.
Have made three offers.
Withdrew the first after sleeping on it, due to the location being a bit inaccessible by public transportation. (Shame, as the house was lovely!)
The second house we made an offer on was fantastic and we were eager to get it. So were nine other people, as there were ten buyers bidding on it. We didn't win the bidding war.
Third offer was made on Saturday, and we are now waiting to hear back. The house is very spacious and in an extremely convenient location. The catch is that is needs a lot of internal modernisation work -- new windows, new wiring, that sort of thing. Not ideal, but I figure that we can renovate the inside in parts if finances require. In contrast, we can't easily make a house much bigger (or move it to a different location). So I'd be happy to get this one and then work with the inside as needed. It's not terrible, but it is old. Single-glazed windows and the like.
Fingers crossed!