Making Plans

So Jena and I sat down last night for a chat about future plans, my grad school jones, her need for change and, mirabilé dictu, discovered that we had been thinking in similar directions! Now I'm all hot to get into the nascent Web Science program being created at the University of Southampton and MIT and she's been simply mad about moving away from Vashon Island for some time now. So we kicked around a few scenarios and agreed to a rough outline:

• we'll keep the Vashon Meadows rental through the summer so Evan has the island stability and can do the summer camps and hang with his peeps
  
• meanwhile, we'll look into our living, school, and employment options in Southampton
• we'll also check into schools and living options for Jena and Evan in Anthem, AZ
• if it clicks one way, we'll live en famille in England for a year
• if the other, we'll live apart in UK and AZ for at least my six-month baseline requirement at Soton
• if I get on well in the program, we'll move together to Cambridge, MA for the MIT leg of the adventure
  

Onward and upward!

Roasting

A fine Sunday on the island. Evan's had a good day, what with a bit of clarinet practice, reading homework, and time out at his buddy Seth's house. We had another good French lesson with Laura, and even found time for a game or three of Pente. I spent some time looking at lectures from the ecs.soton.ac.uk site. Now Jena's just rolled in from her weekend retreat on Shaw Island where, we're assured, a great experience was enjoyed by all. Now Evan & I have had the fire going for a spell, and it's ROASTING in here.

Incidentally, I wrote an essay in support of my application to ECS Uni Southampton's Web Science program, entitled "Research Challenges in Social Networking."