Living in interesting times…

OK…
Here’s the drill. Life is about to get very interesting. Not that it hasn’t been interesting up until now, what with the recent family situation and all (speaking of which, one of the good things about living in interesting times is that it forces you to get off your ass and quit moping).

At any rate, I just dropped off at the airport. She’s bound for Boston to interview for a doctoral program at Boston College. This is the big one. Not that her interviews at Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, Ball State and Lehigh aren’t big either. It’s just that this was one of her original top three schools (UC Santa Barbara, Oregon and Boston College). BC was the only one of her top three to offer an interview so this really is the big one. If she gets into BC, there is no doubt where we’re going. If not, the current front-runners are Wisconsin and Illinois. That said, she hasn’t interviewed at Ball State or Lehigh yet so those are possible, but not likely. Texas is out of the running… even if they accept her. Oh well, Austin is a nice town.

So… here’s my list of preference… if I had my druthers…

1. Boston College (Boston is “teh sexxxy”, and there are like a gazillion jobs there, but very expensive)
2. Wisconsin (Madison is a nice town, I can probably get a job there, and it’s relatively cheap)
3. Texas (Austin is a great town, I can definitely get a job there, but it’s Texas)
4. Illinois (Urbana-Champaign is 2.5 hours from Chicago and Indianapolis, too far for work, but cheap)
5. Lehigh (Allentown: Billy Joel wrote a song about it. Nuff Said.)
6. Ball State (Muncie is the ass end of Indiana, I will starve for work, but hey… at least I’ll be able to go ot GenCon every year)

Of course, the other big, exciting, interesting thing that’s coming up is the wedding. Here’s my current to do list…

1. Go taste the cake and choose a flavor (well, not every task is bad)
2. Write the toast for the rehearsal dinner
3. Make a CD with all the “prelude” music (that is music that will play before the wedding as people are sitting… any suggestions from the peanut gallery are welcome. Right now I’m going with all Brazilian music)
4. Make another CD for the “ceremony” with two songs on it (My Lady’s House and Groovy Train)
5. Make another CD for “cutting the cake” with one song on it (Cut the Cake, of course)
6. Pick up my wedding ring from the jeweler
7. Don’t have a nervous breakdown.
8. Stop pretending that you’re not having a nervous breakdown (just kidding… I’m not having one)
9. Keep in contact with best man about bachelor party (by the way, if you are male and would like to be part of the bachelor festivities which mostly include drinking at various venues, please contact me so I can get you in touch with the best man)
10. Make sure all honeymoon plans are set and ready to go.

I can’t think of anything else right now (I’m sure will correct me on that). 😉