So despite all kinds of sympathy for everyone having a tough time right now, I have to share some good news. It's been a long time coming.

I got a postdoc offer this week! I'm so excited - it's exactly what I want to be doing, and I'll get to work with some amazing people on a really meaningful project for the next couple of years. I even get to write about half of my own job description, and literally everyone involved is thrilled that it's working out this way. It also means I can stop stressing out about job searching, saving myself a ton of time and worry, and just focus on the work I really need to get done in the next few months.

This will also give me a little more time to get my dx, rx, and therapy situation straightened out. And maybe by the time I finish the postdoc I'll either have other job opportunities or feel like I'm ready to take on the challenge of the tenure-track rat race, because I sure don't feel like I can handle it right now. I really needed this breathing room.

The amazing part is that they're actually creating a hybrid position so that I'll be working for a southwestern university but based at a northeastern university, and therefore won't have to move, force my hubby to quit his job and find another, and go through the stress of selling our house. Instead, I'll have an hour commute when I need to go in to the office, but the office has a nature preserve attached to it, so when things get stressful I can just take a walk in the woods.

What a relief! Anyway, I was just so excited, I had to tell somebody - I'm not allowed to say anything to my colleagues yet because there's nothing on paper. Hope y'all don't mind a little happy news for once!