(Photo from our November trip to California.)
Surprised? So were we!
Over the weekend, Jim and the administration at Stanford were able to broker a deal that made Stanford more of a possibility than we'd previously believed. Now it looks as though he'll be able to finish his coursework and get a good, strong start on his dissertation in the three years we'll spend there. With those administrative changes, Stanford suddenly became a lot more appealing!
We're excited that we'll be moving the circus to Northern California this summer. It's good for so many reasons -- Jim gets a top-notch political science program with truly amazing resources, we should easily adjust to the mild weather (we're so spoiled), and we'll be near to Nan and Grandpa and the rest of the O'Connors (including an O'Connor cousin, who should be making an appearance in the next few weeks).
We're sad that choosing Stanford means not choosing any of the other places, and not being near some of you, dear friends. But perhaps you'll consider a visit to California? It's not Hawaii, but we hear it's nice!
7 comments:
Nan and Grandpa couldn't be happier, and want all friends elsewhere to know that we have plenty of room for visitors! We even have cribs for those that need them. Come one, come all!!
Hooray!! Congrats on your decision. It's great to have a pioneer in the group.
Wow! Congrats...that is really great! What a good school and a good opportunity for Jim..and all of you. You are kind of spoiled with weather though...haha..that's a good thing!!!
Great news! It must feel wonderful to be done with the decision and to begin to dream with a few more details. Love you all.
"C" is for "Congratulations"!! :) The Stanford community is lucky to acquire such a terrific family.
congrats on the decision! let us know if you're still thinking of the marathon in san fran, because it's looking very likely bill will be running and we'll be there for a long weekend. would love to catch up with you all over lunch or something.
Yea! That means you'll be close to us! Then we can have mini Schweinfurt reunions and then blog about them and make everyone else jealous! Hehehe. We still have another year to go before we know if its Berkeley or NPS for us, but hey, it's California and it's home!
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