The Series of Unfortunate Events seems to be O-V-E-R!

Even so, I am knocking on wood and keeping my fingers and toes crossed. For at least another month.

The past few months have been the longest ever! Jeff was offered a job in Oregon back in April. I quit my job in May, since were were supposed to be able to move at the end of the month and Jeff could start work in July-ish. Through a series of unfortunate events (mainly bad luck and then his boss being out of town mixed with some other things), we've been stuck here in Boston doing nothing half of the time wishing we could get the heck out of here.

On Friday, we finally got an OK to push Jeff's start date back to October. Considering he was supposed to start in July, which got pushed back to September we were pretty nervous that they'd say "Hell no you can't change your date. We've wasted enough time with you!" Thankfully, they were cool with it.

*huge sigh of relief*

And today, Jeff got the OK from his MIT boss to move at the end of this week. I'm planning on going back to school for a PharmD, and school starts in September. Obviously, the whole October thing doesn't work for me. So, we're driving out at the end of this week. And Jeff will fly back to finish his thesis and do his defense then will fly back to Oregon and start his new job.

I didn't want to jinx anything by posting this too early, so that's why I waited. Believe me when I say that our luck hasn't been so great lately. And I was not going to screw around with it!

Well, here I am

I seem to be on a Firefly kick today. My blog's title is a Firefly quote, as is the title of my very first post (well, second but it's a story) which seems to fit well as a good first post title. I whole heartedly blame it on finally watching the last act of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog this afternoon.

So what will my blog be about? Everything, I suppose! Those who know me understand how my mind wanders and jumps sporadically from topic to topic. I assume that it will include stuff about me and my life, Jeff, our pets, food and whatever other random things come to mind.

What's on my mind right now?

Mexican Pulled Pork.

We made this recipe for the first time last night for supper. I'm hungry now, and we're going to eat the leftovers tonight. We have so many leftovers. It says 4 to 6 servings, and we thought it would be bad if we halved it. It's only 4 to 6 servings if you're a giant, which we are not, thank you very much! We could have halved it and had 2 meals worth and still had enough to freeze for 2 more meals.

Also, I want ice cream. I was running errands the other day, and while I was in Davis Square to get a prescription filled at CVS (horray for seeing old co-workers - I miss you!) I decided to take the train home. Normally, that wouldn't be a big deal. But since I always get stuck on the stupid trains that break down in really dark areas, I now have panic attacks and tend to avoid the train whenever possible. Especially by myself. As a reward for being brave and grown-up, I decided to pick up some J.P. Licks. Their Oreo Cake Batter is fabulous. So fabu, in fact, that Jeff keeps eating it. Instead of the Sweet Cream that I got him because it's his favorite. But it's cool. I'll share. A little.