Twenty months in the making?

I spent the last week moving into my apartment here in Chicago. I bought loads of Ikea furniture and decently-priced electronic equipment to fill up my space, went out to dinner with friends a bunch of times, and just generally spent a lot of money setting up my life out here. Things are looking good; once my apartment is finished up (should take another week), I'll have pictures ready.

So, it was about twenty months ago when I was a senior at Penn just starting to interview for full-time positions for after graduation. Tomorrow morning, I'm finally starting the job I got all those months ago. Just to give you an idea of how much has happened in that time, I had a 1.5 year relationship with my now ex-girlfriend, graduated from Penn, lived in Japan, and became a Fulbright finalist, grantee, fellow, and alum since getting the offer.

Tomorrow, I finally am allowed into the office.