Finally.

It appears we've been too busy figuring out our future to let anyone else in on the plans. So, without further ado, we'd like to announce that we are staying put. Yup, the appeal of fantastic television documentaries, 'cheers' and 'whilst', an unending beer selection, and a lack of co-pays is just too much to refuse.

To be honest, no significant employment offers came from the American side of life (admittedly, the search was not exhaustive), and we've decided it makes more sense to stick with two more-than-decent full time jobs rather than move to a state (and which one?) with no income lined up, especially as Josh is looking at a career that rotates with the planets (based on the academic calendar) and mostly needs to wait until next spring to look again.

This is not indefinite. We don't like it that much. (No, no, we are perfectly happy.) (More or less.) We plan to remain through the fall when Josh will turn in his dissertation and then stay through Christmas with the possibility of extending through the spring until it gets warm enough to camp along the Mediterranean. As plans were made too late to find tickets under $1300 apiece, we will be waiting until the second week in September to visit the States. (Please pencil us in.) Alas, this makes us very sad.

And, since I know you are dying to ask, the blog? We'll keep it. We aren't overly excited about it turning into the more stationary sort; this isn't a blog about our day-to-day lives, but a chance to keep you up on where we are and how we feel about it. As such, we are still not in our native land, and therefore are perhaps still more able to justify its authorship than the average user. So, for now, it stays.