I had an epiphany yesterday: I can't stay here. If I want a sporting chance at the career I desire, all external factors that are holding me back must go. As much as I like this place and the complacent lifestyle it enables, it has become such a limiting factor ( Read more... )

Phew! Last week was quite eventful. Happenings were (in no particular order):

• First real snowfall of the season. The town is now adorned with white patches, and very slippery.
  
• Nosey "carpet cleaning man" (likely burglar) showed up at door and asked if we would be home during the weekend. Alarm was installed in haste.
  
• Signed up for a local DVD ( Read more... )

Following up on a few, vague hints he dropped earlier this month, my supervisor broke news to me this morning that he will be relocating to New Zealand in January. The move will in all likelihood be permanent. Wow ( Read more... )

So, you might have noticed that the blog was silent for a bit. That doesn't mean I wasn't doing anything; I just haven't written about it until now. Here are some of the things I've been up to, big and small, arranged in a roughly chronological order.

( Non-furry things cut out for brevity; click if interested )