Hired!

A celebration is in order! After countless letters, horrible job interviews and many rejections I can now finally say: I've got a PhD position! Woohoo! I remember thinking on the train ride home "I can never really tell anymore if it went well" when I got the phone call saying they wanted me. That's irony for you. It's still just an oral agreement (no papers have been signed yet), but this just feels really good and something really crazy has to happen for it to not go ahead. And the project is freaking awesome! I can't give any details of course, all very classified, but it has something to do with immunotherapy in lymphoma's. Very interesting and enough work to keep me busy for the next four years. If everything goes well I'll be able to start in January, but I even have to option to start a month later. This does however mean I will have to move away from my home town up North, to the city Groningen. It's a two hour drive, which I realise is probably not far if you live in the States, but trust me, for a Dutchy it's a pretty big deal! It almost feels like another country! Just kidding. So the last couple of days I've been hunting the internet for an affordable place to stay. I think I may have found something nice, more expensive than I anticipated of course, but it does have a private kitchen (including dishwasher!) and private bathroom. So I'll keep you updated how that plans out. In the mean time I'm still bubbling with excitement that I finally found a job! This really is the best Christmas present I could have wished for!

With love,

Willemijn