I got a job!!!!! After getting my PhD, moving to the UK to be with my mates, and then hunting for over a year and a half now, I've finally been granted a position I'm really excited about. It seems pretty much perfect in terms of what I've been looking for.

I will be working for the next almost three years as a postdoctoral research fellow at a small research university in the UK, on a project studying urban ecosystems. I'm really excited for it, it seems like a great fit for my skills and experience while also offering new challenges.

What's really hilarious about all of this is that I'm currently on holiday visiting my parents in the Florida Keys. Literally as I was boarding the plane, I got the email from the university saying they wanted me for an interview at a date that was right in the middle of my trip. I communicated with them over email and they weren't going to be able to reschedule to a later date, so we agreed to hold the interview over Skype. So this morning at 7 am I woke up, put on the least loud and obnoxious Hawaiian shirt available to me, and did a job interview across the Atlantic. They must have liked me, because when we got back from fishing this afternoon the email was waiting for me, informing me that they had chosen me for the position.

I am delighted and celebratory. :) Big life changes are a-commin'!