Day 1513 – Worse

Hours of Daylight – 14:07
It was waiting for her in the evening mail; one page, standard brush-off. After spending over $700 in airfare and a chunk of staff time it all boils down to a one page letter. Not even an email or a phone call. SUNY Albany has done to my wife what they did to me, decades ago, when i applied to go to college there.

So, we have yet to hear from Reno. I suspect a second one-pager will be waiting for us tonight or tomorrow. It’s worse for her than for me.

I have no idea what happens next. It’s not all bad since what happens next can now, literally, be just about anything. Plus it might be time for a change. Being poor in Reno, NV would be such a change. Being poor on the road in our VW van might be another such change.

So, the move back East (at least to Albany) is now off. Looks like I’ll be extending my stay in balmy Minneapolis a bit longer. But anything is possible. She’ll finish the (goddamned) dissertation. She’ll send out more job inquires. We’ll hopefully get some renovation done on our place in Brooklyn. Time to regroup and make new plans.

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