two hour flight + warm weather

last week mrs. wintermute got her results for her clinical rotation. we had our fingers crossed for atlanta or st. louis, but neither panned out. luckily, she did get an internship (25% of the applicant didn't match) through the clearinghouse (not sure how many are still without internships, but the number is substantial).

however, it is the miami-ft lauderdale area. at least it's a two hours direct flight. and the weather is great.

relocating for me is not really much of an option. by the time i could find and land another job down there, it would be time to move again.

the prospect of living apart for a year sucks. after two years of boston/atlanta, i can't believe we're going to be back to long distance.

however, this means she'll get her phd in 2007 and be done.

at the end of the day, i know this is not so bad, and i can't really even call this a hardship. one of mrs wintermutes' class mates has a husband in iraq. that's a hardship.

mrs wintermute is likely to live with one of her old room mates who is in med school down there. i might be taking on an old room mate, too.

i guess the most frustrating part of this is that i think the school, and academia in general, pays little attention to how the process negatively impacts their ability to recruit and retain top talent. it's in the academy's best interest to balance the demands on its students and (future) faculty's lives. how many families can pick and relocate three times in four years (from phd to internship, internship to post doc, post doc to first faculty position)? how many spouses can maintain any kind of career continuity? in the modern era of two professional couples, it certainly makes staying with academia difficult. this does not even start to account for starting a family. not surprisingly, many of the faculty in mrs wintermute's discipline are divorced.

getting paid below minimum wage does not help, either.

so, we have until august 1st.

shitballz.