It is rather amazing how much has happened since I last updated
this blog. It’s mind-blowing actually.
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| Screened-in porch |
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| Living room, with view of dining room, Florida room, and bed/bathroom |
There’s no sense in beating around it so I’ll just get to
the point. I finally bought a
house! Yes, it is true. I have officially become a grown-up. It is a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom single detached
home in Coral Gables and it is perfect for me.
I’m including a few pictures that speak for themselves.
It has been a long time coming, or at least it feels that
way. Realistically it’s only been since
November since I started searching but it felt like it couldn’t come fast
enough. It has a screened porch out back
by the small backyard and then a smattering of trees and bushes in the front
yard. A couple owners ago was very much
into horticulture and has a menagerie of plant species throughout the yard among
which include a coconut tree and two mango trees. I’ve spent the past week moving and settling
in. I’m not close to being done despite
the few belongings I own, but I’ve been making progress.
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| Master bedroom |
I’ve had the time to settle in but I’ve been keeping busy
elsewhere because I don’t want to have my whole life sucked into the
house. Instead, time has been spent rock
climbing, diving, seeing friends, and hanging out with Christina a whole lot. I weeded almost the entire front yard today
and trimmed most of the bushes. There’s
one that appears to be taking over some others but it’s spread so much that it’s
hard to tell what’s supposed to be there anymore. I cut it back and maybe in a few weeks I’ll
cut it back even more until I can make sense out of what’s going on.
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| Living room |
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| Kitchen |
There are rumors about my job changing for the better but
I won’t believe it until I see it.
Everyone gets the impression that the upper administration, since they
are non-divers, see the diving program as something they could turn into a
money maker. They don’t see the benefit in
giving it a little bit of a leash and letting it expand to the point that
people would come to Miami specifically for diving. Since the two head people of the Business
Office have been fired for losing a 7-figure amount of money, there have been
committees going through each part of RSMAS collecting information and
presenting their suggestions to the dean.
The committee luckily has come to see the importance of the diving
program and would like to expand our resources and realize a little more of our
potential. I say I’m not going to
believe it until I see it because the administration still has to consider and
approve/deny all of the committees’ suggestions. I’m not hopeful.
