And then everything will just settle into place

I do not deal well with uncertainty. This whole process of doing the cross country job hunt and selling the house has been a leap of faith to a certain extent. For most of my life, when I have made a decision to do something, it has all panned out. The stumbling block was making the decision, not making it happen. Last week, minutes before getting the call from our realtor that there was an offer on our house, there was an email from the hiring partner at a law firm in Boston where I had interviewed the week before requesting contact information for references. Being the superstitious person that I am (I am a scientist, we are the most superstitious group that you have ever met), I did not want to tell people about the interview or request for references for fear of jinxing the situation. Besides, if you tell people that you had an interview, you have to tell people that you did not get the job if things fall through.

Well, today, it all came together. I was offered a job at Edwards Angell Palmer and Dodge, an east coast law firm with the largest portion of their IP practice in Boston. I am very excited, although the thought of closed shoes is a bit disturbing. All of the people that I met at the interview were wonderful. There is a certain amount of learning that I need to do, and the best place to do it is at a law firm. I will be starting at the office on Federal St, but by early 2007, the Boston office will be consolidated into a single building next door to the Prudential Center in Boston.

There is still much to do with the move, and now I am wishing that I had given notice to quit much earlier than August 24, but there are many things that I need to accomplish before I leave. When I talked to my sister Chris today, she commented that things always went well for the two of us. Within a week there had been both a house and a job offer. There was no clear explanation, but we were not going to ask why. We were just going to be happy for our good fortune and keep moving forward from there.