Sunday, 26. October 2008, 02:10:11
Well for those that peruse this neck of blogtopia... We are heading to Connecticut...I will be here through Christmas and then I start Jan 2 out east. After negotiations I was able to get almost what I asked for. It wasn't as arduous for me as I thought it could be, but it's because my future employer tought I was worth what I was asking.
Things to accomplish:
1) We need to sell our home:
http://www.utahrealestate.com/839367 ...
It's a soft market I know but the Utah market should still be good. We're basically just trying to break even after being it in for a little more than 8 months now.
2) Figure out what my wife and I will do....options include....me going and she staying until we sell....renting the house here until the market levels if ever....
and any others we haven't discovered yet....
3) Throw Dennis a birthday party. He'' be 3 on Nov 25th. We're trying to do a Wall-E theme. I think a few people were rather pissed about the underlying message of the movie, but I think Dennis loved it despite those fat fat fat people who tend to object.
4) Fly out and visit and look at the area again....Meet witht he realtor.....turn in some materials to my new masters....
5) Plenty of other things not worth laying down here in the public domain.
It's been a rather interesting process. We totally know it is the right choice for us and Denns, it's completely frustrating that USU didn't even try to counter. My boss and Vice President encouraged me to allow them to have a chance but I guess once reality set in and budget cuts at the university were announced, they thought it best to hedhe and hide behind budget cuts. Oh well. I am finding out really fast who those that really respect and admire me are and those that are out to only better themselves. In many respects I am rather excited and interested in the Ivy League experience that is right in front of me. Not only is it the Ivy League, it is in the #1 law school in the USA. They found me and even closed matched my counterproposal through the negotiations period.
I will be the Associate Registrar there and it will be doing nearly the same thing I do here just with a different sized student population. Currently our student information system sees approx 32000 seperate students in various forms and I manage and lead the whole student system. Compared to where I am heading, I will manage approx 700 Law students. I hope that even though they may be a more finicky population, that their advanced pursuit of knowledge will be refreshing. I am excited by the new opportunity and grateful that my wife is willing to do this too. I will be good to have her nearer to her family and more accessible to them as things move forward. My father can fly right into the nearest airport. So we'll be accessible to most of the family, but also far enough away to know of their intent before someone knocking on our door.
Anyway, off to more preperations and trying to figure things out. I will probably going out before my wife solo and will be doing the pseudo bachelor thing for a time. We hope that we cann sell or rent our home here so that we won't have to play that game and that we can find a home out there to rent at least or find a steal on a foreclosure out there so that we can minimize the transition period vis a vis home things. This will defintely be a new adventure with some interesting opportunities. i hope that can step up to the expectations of those that have presented me this offer, and also more than satisfy their needs. Anyway, off to reality and siging off from blogtopia.....
cheers.....
WIDGETIZE