So, this happened. But first, some family showed up in town to celebrate the two of us. (Although this was my graduation, The Professor didn’t walk in his August graduation, so we treated this as a celebration of both of our accomplishments.) My parents, his parents, and one of my sisters arrived on Friday evening,…
Category: Holidays and Celebrations
To Throw a Birthday Party
I am surfacing briefly, gulping some air before diving back down into the miserable, murky sea of finals week, in order to bring my eldest son’s adoring fans a few pictures from his now long-past birthday party. It was, you will soon gather, not without roadblocks. We had rented a pavilion at this lovely park in…
Easter Day
And just like that, eight days slipped by me. I have driven the five hour round trip to Mobile three (possibly four) times in the last week. I am scrambling to scrape up the motivation to study for my two exams and write my final paper for my third class. I am skipping classes left…
I Am Living Right
So this is a weird way to put this, but I keep thinking it – if 2012 is my last year to live (and it almost certainly isn’t), I am definitely living it right! I had a pitch perfect Christmas, a slam dunk Mardi Gras, an amazing trip outside the country, a majorly fun visit…
Lundi Gras and Mardi Gras – Wrapping Up the Best Mardi Gras EVER (with a lot of pictures)
Lundi Gras (Fat Monday) was another day of day parades. We missed pretty much all of them, because they don’t run past my house and they DO run during naptime – ergo, inconvenient. I have a friend who lives on the route, however, and he always throws a party (similarly to ours), inviting all to…