On August 29 we returned to Phoenix after spending 12 months in South America. It was bittersweet. We were sad to leave our friends and our life in Buenos Aires. We had really enjoyed ourselves in Buenos Aires, in part because we knew that our stay was temporary. We looked forward to returning to our home and our friends in Phoenix but we did not look forward to unpacking all of our belongings and I did not look forward to the reality of juggling research, teaching, and administrative work in my job. I thoroughly enjoyed the sabbatical when I focused solely on research.
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