This past weekend was fantastic! Now that my dissertation is in to my committee members, I feel very excited about the defense coming up, and way more relaxed than I've felt in a long time. Friday night we had an unintentional "puppy party." We had invited James and Somer over for drinks and appetizers, so our dogs could meet since their dogs are staying with us next weekend. Well, word got out to some of the other dog owners that we're friends with and we ended up inviting them too. The pictures are a bit chaotic, but so was the evening....it was great. On Saturday, John and I drove up to Mt. Lemmon to cool off and walk around some trails. Finally, on Sunday I volunteered at an adoption event where we had puppies from the Pima Animal Care Center ready to find new homes....I came home stinking of pound puppies and totally happy.
This past week John and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary and Winston's 1st birthday. Now, we are in NC for my Defense, which is today. I'm feeling good about things, but feeling the jitters from all of the anticipation. I mean, I remember when I was a first-year seeing the more senior graduate students go through this and it felt so far away for me. Now it is hours away. Yikes! Well, everyone is here and John and I had dinner with Dad and Carol, and Brian and Heather. Happy Birthday to Brian....yesterday he turned 31! Also, many congratulations to the new Dr. Willow Gabriel!
