Today Paul is headed to Hamilton, NY for his fourth interview. This one is for a two-year teaching post doctorate at Colgate with Mike Shen. They have his schedule pretty jam packed staring with a tour at 4:30 this afternoon and ending with his seminar at about the same time tomorrow. They actually had made dinner arrangements for him tomorrow as well, but he said he'd like to leave right after his seminar on his dissertation because he'll have a four hour drive home. They understood completely. They are only interviewing three people. His fifth interview will be on May 3rd at a community college in upstate NY not too far from where he's headed today. He's hoping to get at least one more invitation to interview. He found out at yesterday's interview that the pay would be less than half of the lowest salary he's been quoted elsewhere. That definitely won't work. He found out today that the place he interviewed on Friday picked someone else. A happy thing for Paul today was that while I was holding Oliver, he looked at Paul and said "Dad". He did it twice! "Hi" was Nadia's first word. Her second was "Dada." Ian's first word was "Mama," and his second word was "Dada." Now hopefully Oliver will be like Ian and say Mama a lot sooner than Nadia did. She said many, many words before she said my name.
Another project Paul has been working on over the past five days has been Nadia's car for the Grand Prix next week. Her car is due tonight. Nadia's contribution to the project last night was painting it purple (her choice). I did the varnish last night, and I'm going to help her decorate it today.
I had my final birthday meal yesterday. Yesterday we went from the library to ballet/tap (I took the boys outside during that time) to Red Robin for dinner. Nadia and Ian shared a kid's meal (cheese pizza, fries, and apple juice), and I had a cheeseburger and fries. I shared my (free) hotfudge sundae with Nadia. Including a generous tip, our bill came to $8.03. The kids got a kick out of the person walking around in the Red Robin costume, and Ian's jaw dropped when the waiters and waitresses came over and sang a happy birthday greeting to me. Nadia smiled from ear to ear, and Oliver was a bit overwhelmed by the song. The kids were well behaved. We've had fun celebrating my birthday!
Today Paul is headed to Hamilton, NY for his fourth interview. This one is for a two-year teaching post doctorate at Colgate with Mike Shen. They have his schedule pretty jam packed staring with a tour at 4:30 this afternoon and ending with his seminar at about the same time tomorrow. They actually had made dinner arrangements for him tomorrow as well, but he said he'd like to leave right after his seminar on his dissertation because he'll have a four hour drive home. They understood completely. They are only interviewing three people. His fifth interview will be on May 3rd at a community college in upstate NY not too far from where he's headed today. He's hoping to get at least one more invitation to interview. He found out at yesterday's interview that the pay would be less than half of the lowest salary he's been quoted elsewhere. That definitely won't work. He found out today that the place he interviewed on Friday picked someone else. A happy thing for Paul today was that while I was holding Oliver, he looked at Paul and said "Dad". He did it twice! "Hi" was Nadia's first word. Her second was "Dada." Ian's first word was "Mama," and his second word was "Dada." Now hopefully Oliver will be like Ian and say Mama a lot sooner than Nadia did. She said many, many words before she said my name.
Another project Paul has been working on over the past five days has been Nadia's car for the Grand Prix next week. Her car is due tonight. Nadia's contribution to the project last night was painting it purple (her choice). I did the varnish last night, and I'm going to help her decorate it today.
I had my final birthday meal yesterday. Yesterday we went from the library to ballet/tap (I took the boys outside during that time) to Red Robin for dinner. Nadia and Ian shared a kid's meal (cheese pizza, fries, and apple juice), and I had a cheeseburger and fries. I shared my (free) hotfudge sundae with Nadia. Including a generous tip, our bill came to $8.03. The kids got a kick out of the person walking around in the Red Robin costume, and Ian's jaw dropped when the waiters and waitresses came over and sang a happy birthday greeting to me. Nadia smiled from ear to ear, and Oliver was a bit overwhelmed by the song. The kids were well behaved. We've had fun celebrating my birthday!
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