Well, it's finally happening! Everything seems to be falling in place for us to go to New York City in September. We've signed a rental agreement to sublet a beautiful apartment across from the City College of New York, complete with fireplaces in both the bedroom and the living room, a simple writing desk by the bedroom window, and our very own covered deck! Just in case I'm jinxing everything by posting this before Ted signs a contract with a New York hospital, everybody keep your fingers crossed that everything goes well with his job situation! For those of you who don't know, we're moving to New York because I secured an internship with the Human Rights Education division of Amnesty International. We'll be there for three months before (hopefully) transferring to San Francisco. Ted received an amazing offer to become a permanent staff member at Stanford, and the director of the HRE division of Amnesty told me I should be able to transfer to the San Francisco office with no problems. Two cross country moves in six months? No problem for two veteran travelers! :-)
Working for Amnesty, or at least working for a non-profit at a global or national level, has been my dream ever since I can remember. When I was young, I wanted to be a doctor in South America, traveling from village to village healing the sick. When I was older, I dreamed of joining the Peace Corps. During college, I wanted to work for the UN in order to help on a more global scale. Now, I have the opportunity to work with both Amnesty and the UN to contribute to educational reform on a fundamental level! I couldn't have dreamed of a better opportunity than the one I have been offered! And Ted has been offered the ultimate opportunity to sign on permanently with Stanford! It is an amazing time in our lives!
My Mom and Bill just came to stay with us for a week, and overlapped with Vonda, Ted, and Forrest, Ted's parents and younger brother, who stayed for two weeks! We spent the past three weeks traveling all over Arizona, having the Great Western Adventure of a lifetime! Dad is coming to stay with us in the middle of August, which means we will have seen almost all of our parents in Flagstaff. (Julia - we still wish you could come!) I'll post more about our family adventures later, but I just want to say - it was amazing to see everyone here in Arizona at our house. We miss you all! And Dad - we can't wait to see you in a few short weeks!
Blog By: Rebecca
Photo By: Ted (Taken at the park near our apartment in AZ)
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