While not completely kid-related, on a family note, I wanted to share that A graduated with his masters degree a few weeks ago. He did really well in all of his classes but showed particular prowess in MatLab and all things radiation. His thesis defended without a glitch and he's finishing up a paper for submission.
But that left us at a bit of a crossroads: after looking for jobs in the area, we determined that without a PhD it was unlikely to find a job here. Thus the search was expanded to other cities that had a medical school... And he found a great opportunity in Madison (yes, the frozen tundra of Sconnie) and started the interview process with the company. In the meantime, he continued to look for something down here. He was offered three opportunities: to continue his education with a PhD or to work in as an imaging physicist resident here or to work as a medical physicist (with salary! and benefits! and very cool job description!) in WI.
After a lot of hand wringing and thought, he decided to stay on and do a PhD-- he should be finished the same time I am- and that will mean we don't have to move, uprooting the various support networks we have in place.
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