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December 15, 2007

Passed!

That's Dr. Moon to you, thank you very much. It's all done and dusted, as the Brits say. Only a few typos to fix and it's ready to be printed, bound, and given to that depository of wisdom called "the special collections room" in the library, there to sit quietly gathering dust until the next unsuspecting passerby with an interest in Jeremiah 31. Poor soul.
The viva (oral defence) went well. As soon as I walked in they told me I had passed so that all the questions they had for me would be understood in that context. After an hour's conversation they asked if we could go out for coffee and discuss things further outside of the context of a viva, and we had an amicable "cuppa" with advice for future publishing, talk about future plans, and the two readers were able to get to know each other a bit better. I was just trying to play it cool the whole time and not betray how relieved and happy I was.
So now the celebrations begin... except "celebrating" means having about 2 days to get the whole house ready for being shipped back to the States. But to be honest, that's not going to put a dent in my smile, even the morning after.

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December 12, 2007

Two Weeks and Counting

Our poor lonely little blog has had very little to offer the last few weeks. We keep thinking of things to post but haven't found a second to post them! Life is just so busy.
First things first, here are some pics of our recent happenings. Because of the way flickr works the order is reversed so it starts with a celebration of St Nicholas' day and ends with our trip to the Lake District with Brad and Abi (a wonderful last getaway - we'll miss you guys so much!).
Other updates? How about some highlights...
1) Yesterday was my last day of work...can you believe it? Two years and a couple weeks ago I started at the University - it's been a wild ride. I'm so glad to set my face to the future and am already thinking of all those things I will do now that I have the time.
2) But first we have a move across the Pond to navigate: shippers, suitcases, Christmas gifts, packing, goodbyes and lots of tiny decisions (do I REALLY want to pay to ship AND insure that CD of Sinatra singing carols?). Our flight leaves on the 21st.
3) And, in the middle of all of that Josh defends on Friday at 2pm. If you think of it please pray for him. It's rather grueling - you defend for 2 hours or so and then you leave the room and wait. When they are ready they call you back in and tell you your fate. Yikes!
Unfortunately all this busyness means no Christmas correspondence from the Moons this year! Perhaps we'll send a Happy middle of February letter out to everyone to give the update on where we will settle...once all that has been decided.
And, some of you dear wonderful people have been asking where to send Christmas cards - even though you're guessing you won't be hearing from us! If you wouldn't mind emailing me I'll send you my parents' address where we'll be for Christmas.
Isn't that wonderful? My family is waiting on the other end - that's the best feeling in all of this change!

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