Good times

I wish I had something new and exciting to write about, but I don't. We've been through a week of freezing rain and the consequential accumulating-ice-on-everything (I had to scrape my car three times in one day), which now turned into snow. But I can't even report that - it will be like tapping into replays of last winter's posts. Is it time to change the concept of my blog, or even shut it down altogether? Do I want to have a blog now that I'm just a person in Iowa City, and no longer the great New Yorker who moved to the Midwest?
It's been a year since I moved (actually, a year minus two weeks. Okay). I've been though the full seasons' cycle and the academic year cycle, with a big move to a new place and to a new relationship. My main frustration is still my struggle with academic writing and getting published, just as it was a year ago. And I'm about to stamp an H-1B in my passport for the very last time.

I'm looking forward to the next few weeks. I'm excited about spending time with both families, and can't wait for Ryan to meet everybody in my family, especially Roni - the only member of my immediate family who he hasn't met. Then, while in Naperville, we'll probably get together with our friends Ira, Brian and Jessica, who I can't wait to see again, and hopefully with Anna too, who I haven't seen since September. Then we're going to Israel and I'll get to spend time with my Israeli friends - I especially miss Arava and Shay, maybe because I saw both fairly recently. And Israel is so much fun.

So where am I going from here? Is it time to unblog myself? I'm not sure. Ideas and suggestions are welcomed.