Topline news: I'm moving to Pittsburgh before the end of the year.
The Mrs. earned admissions to the University of Pittsburgh's nursing school and will be starting classes in January. There are a million decisions to be made between now and then but we've decided to go for it. We're targeting an October-November move. When she originally applied, it was for fall admissions and we would have been informed in May and moved over the summer. Pitt delayed their notifications because they received an overwhelming number of applications. They liked her profile when they got to it that they wanted to offer admission, but had filled all the slots for Fall already.
I'm excited and nervous for what's to come. By the time we move, I'll have spent all 40 of my living years within 100 miles of my birthplace here in Western WA. I'm really excited to experience living in a different place and exploring the experiences that are available there. I've already spent too many hours reading about hiking trails and fishing opportunities. I'm looking forward to experiencing seasons and deciduous trees in the fall.
I'm nervous about a job. Being a high school teacher, my schedule has been driven by the academic calendar for a long time. The timing of this has the potential to make things difficult. My last paycheck from this school year arrives at the end of August and I'll need to find income. I'm currently looking for remote corporate jobs that my biomedical research and teaching backgrounds might translate well to. There are some really interesting instructional design job postings out that that I think I would thrive in so I'm aiming for those, but I've worked solely in academia since graduating from college. That would enable me to do the job from either place. Barring that, I will have to scramble, maybe sub here in the fall combined with online tutoring until we move then do the same in Pitt, perhaps find a long-term leave replacement teaching position.
Then there is the decision to either rent out or sell our home.
Advice, input, and encouragement are welcome on all fronts: cross country move, jobs, housing, and of course recreation in the Pittsburgh area.
The Mrs. earned admissions to the University of Pittsburgh's nursing school and will be starting classes in January. There are a million decisions to be made between now and then but we've decided to go for it. We're targeting an October-November move. When she originally applied, it was for fall admissions and we would have been informed in May and moved over the summer. Pitt delayed their notifications because they received an overwhelming number of applications. They liked her profile when they got to it that they wanted to offer admission, but had filled all the slots for Fall already.
I'm excited and nervous for what's to come. By the time we move, I'll have spent all 40 of my living years within 100 miles of my birthplace here in Western WA. I'm really excited to experience living in a different place and exploring the experiences that are available there. I've already spent too many hours reading about hiking trails and fishing opportunities. I'm looking forward to experiencing seasons and deciduous trees in the fall.
I'm nervous about a job. Being a high school teacher, my schedule has been driven by the academic calendar for a long time. The timing of this has the potential to make things difficult. My last paycheck from this school year arrives at the end of August and I'll need to find income. I'm currently looking for remote corporate jobs that my biomedical research and teaching backgrounds might translate well to. There are some really interesting instructional design job postings out that that I think I would thrive in so I'm aiming for those, but I've worked solely in academia since graduating from college. That would enable me to do the job from either place. Barring that, I will have to scramble, maybe sub here in the fall combined with online tutoring until we move then do the same in Pitt, perhaps find a long-term leave replacement teaching position.
Then there is the decision to either rent out or sell our home.
Advice, input, and encouragement are welcome on all fronts: cross country move, jobs, housing, and of course recreation in the Pittsburgh area.
