a weekly log of our everyday life
The highlight of our week was playing Overcooked! We’ve been so bored being cooped up from all the rain and COVID and we were getting bored of just watching TV so we decided to buy Overcooked to play on our Nintendo Switch! The game is so stress-inducing, it’s the opposite of relaxing after a long […]
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What an eventful week we’ve had! It was Cindy’s first full week as a stay-at-home mom! And so far, she’s loving it! It feels like summer vacation except forever lol. We’ll see if she’s still loving it 6 months in… For Jake, it’s sinking in that he’s going to be an Assistant Professor!!! One of […]
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Jake returned from nearly two weeks of flyouts on Tuesday! Cindy and Toddler R were SO SO SO happy he was back!!! They really missed him and he them. But we didn’t quite get to relax upon his return. We had a big week ahead of us. For one, it was Cindy’s last day of […]
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Jake was away again this past week for a second round of flyouts. This round of flyouts was probably much harder than the first even though we both knew what we were in for. For Jake, it was all about keeping up his energy and momentum and making sure each meeting and job talk came […]
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We left Baby R with Cindy’s parents and went down to San Diego for a little getaway! kinda. Jake had an interview and the hotel was comped so Cindy tagged along! We made a concerted effort to do absolutely nothing. Just quietness and laziness, something we haven’t been able to enjoy in a very long […]
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2022 just FLEW by!! It all feels like a blur, yet so much happened. Naturally, it was the year of many firsts for Baby R. Her first tooth, her first steps, her first words, her first birthday! Her milestones alone filled the year with lots of excitement. It’s brimming with amazing memories. As for us, […]
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Christmas weekend felt so magical this year! Baby R is just old enough to sort of enjoy some of the Christmas traditions we love, and hope to establish as our own family traditions. After breakfast on Christmas Eve, we let Baby R open one gift. She was so excited to get a play vacuum and […]
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We’re starting to really feel the weight and stress of Jake’s job market process. We mentioned a couple posts ago that academic interview requests have started trickling out. Well, this last week was considered a very critical week as most schools and universities reached out to candidates. All week, Jake’s been refreshing his emails non-stop. […]
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We had planned a weekend packed with back-to-back social activities, one of which was celebrating Jake’s birthday!!! Unfortunately, Jake and Baby R caught the stomach flu. It feels like we’ve had nonstop sickness plaguing our household for the last month or so! But we still consider ourselves lucky– only one of us has been taken […]
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It’s finally happening!!!!! Academic interview requests have been trickling in!!!!!!! The universities and colleges started sending out interview requests around December 1st. By the end of next week or so, we should have a good idea of where Jake will be interviewing. He already has an academic interview scheduled for Monday! But the bulk of […]
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jake & cindy 