Decisions, Decisions

Well, the interviews are over, the options are clear, and the ballots have been counted. One month from yesterday, I will receive my Master’s degree from the School of Information at the University of Michigan. But will I deign to enter the real world? Oh no. Within the next few months, I will be road-tripping across the western U.S. en route to my next ivory tower.

That’s right, folks: in four or five years, I’m going to be Dr. Not Liz, courtesy of the fine folks at the University of Washington iSchool.

And they really are fine folks. I have held back on posting about this until I knew where the chips would fall, but visiting Seattle in late February, I was just so blown away by how friendly, collegial, and intellectually challenging the faculty and students at Washington are. I left there just dying to be a part of that community, and though I had a few blips of hesitation along the way, I definitely feel like I’ve ended up on the right path.

Besides: the best coffee in the world, marvelous seafood, fanatical environmental consciousness, farmer’s markets all over the place, two mountain ranges, a climate that rarely dips below freezing, bodies of water everywhere, lots of arts and music and other civic activities…what’s not to love?

Oh, and money or no money, I am so getting my dog.