Wife and I
have been so busy with prepping for our overseas move that I almost neglected to
notice this spate of lower-than-usual air temperatures that has hit Long
Island, drenching it with more than its usual share of rainfall. Does it have anything to do with global
warming?
As mentioned
previously, we are staying with my wife's sister pending our departure in less
than two weeks. Their gracious availment
of their home to us is eternally appreciated; they will, of course, be welcomed
in our abode at such time as they come to visit Israel (which they have
intimated may be relatively soon).
Various friends and relatives have been inviting us to dinner for one
last rendezvous before we become geographically attenuated. I will likely continue to work on one case I
am now litigating, although I will no longer be the lead attorney for the
party.
Meanwhile, I
am spending most of my time at our temporary home, doing all kinds of
paperwork, making and receiving all kinds of phone calls, and trying to get our
load down to three suitcases each for me and my wife (total of 6 for those who
cannot count). Now is not the time or
place for me to spill my guts about the various complications; we are focusing
on looking forward. My wife's new
employer is very understanding of our situation, and has agreed that my wife
will not officially start until four to six weeks after our arrival, provided
that she comes in, unofficially, on a few occasions in order to (A) get her
paperwork processed; and (B) attends a few seminars and workshops. Inasmuch as they are giving her many
perquisites not currently found in her present situation, my wife is quite
happy with the deal.
And her
"current" situation has all but totally wound down. She stopped seeing new patients in March, has
worked down her patient inventory to just a handful (who are in the process of
being transferred to the newby physician in her department), and is assisting
with some research projects. Tomorrow is
her last day on the job (though she will come in next week for a farewell luncheon);
she will be taking the remainder as vacation days (which will give her an
income stream during the first two months we are in Israel). She now needs to think about when she will
turn on her pension payments; she can start in as little as 3 years and change,
or else delay it and receive bigger monthly payouts. We'll see how we are managing and she'll make
the decision.
I have just
turned in my grades for the semester. Nothing
happened this semester that didn't happen in prior semesters; I had the usual
gamut of students. These included some
jocks who were academically clueless, and one who is anything but
clueless. One uberleftist who had the good
sense to not start up with me (though her grade would still have been in the A
range even if she had). I caught one
student submitting a plagiarized term paper (and a poorly-written one at that). But all in all, the average student was above
average for me this semester. I expect
to some of them succeed in the future (one has already gotten a merit-based scholarship
to a prestigious program).
But I am very,
very busy. It is very grating and
tedious. Sometimes I just need to take a
break and write a blog post.
Oh, well, back to the grind -- After I grab a little belated lunch.
Labels: Excitement, moving away, Paperwork, School, Tedium, Work
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