Shake 'Em Up, Shake 'Em

Jonas was tapped to be the new Special Advisor to the Secretary General of NATO. So that's happening. The hire has been in the works for a few weeks now, it turns out, but it was only made public last Friday. Jonas will move down ahead of the family, setting up shop in an apartment in May while Charlotte and the kids wait out the end of Emily's school year in June. I'll catch a May 25th Airbus back to Chicago.

It's exciting for everyone.

Marathon training crawls along. Jonas has done 21 kilometers, half of the big event, and is still standing. My longest run is still just 15k. Hopefully I'll get 21 under my belt this week in preparation for the half-marathon on the 17th.

The days are inconsistently getting nicer- a few sunny, warm ones sneaking in among the blustery cold. I have my sights set on Norway and Sweden before I ship back home in under two months. And once home, I have my eye on a Suzuki TU 250 motorcycle, the cost of which will have me agonizing over every expenditure between now and when I make it mine.