Counting Down the Days...

Well, yesterday I realized that it was March 27, and the last day I can defend my thesis and walk at the hooding ceremony is April 27. And that was in one month from yesterday. BUT yesterday I finished writing my thesis! Yay! So now I am going over it and making revisions and will give the whole dang thing to my adviser David on Friday, March 30. Then I will get it back from him a week later, so at the latest April 6. Then I will make more revisions, arrange the defense, and get some paperwork to the Grad School. And somewhere in there, my sister will have her baby and I will be an aunt!  The paperwork and so on needs to happen by April 11 because that is the day Andrew and I are leaving for Washington to go apartment hunting. And then two weeks later, April 25, 26, or 27, I will have my thesis defense and turn in the final paperwork. The moving company will come on those same days and box everything up and put it into a truck. Then I will scrub this place down and move out on April 30! I will either couch surf or live with my parents for the week. The hooding ceremony is on May 4, Andrew will walk on May 5, and then we will fly up to Washington to start our new grown-up life on May 6. Then his parents will come up and we will get ready for the wedding. Then Wesley and Maren will get married in the Seattle Temple on May 11. And then the movers will come May 14. And then life can calm down and get back to normal. And all summer I will work on thesis revisions and getting it printed and bound. Fun fun times.

Hardware Ranch 2012

Last year, Andrew and I went to Hardware Ranch. We knew that Kaleb and Olya and their kids would like to see it. So, at the start of February, we all went to Hardware Ranch to see the elk.

Moose head, little Andrew, and big Andrew.

The gang! Emma, Kaleb, Olya, and the Andrews.

Poor Emma was cold and hungry.

Off we go behind the horses!

A bull elk

A bigger bull elk

There were a lot fewer elk this year than last year because there wasn't as much snow. Nonetheless, it was fun to go see them! Little Andrew was completely enthralled. I'm so glad we got to spend some time with our good friends.

Busy Busy Busy

I hate when people don't update their blogs for three weeks. And here I am, not updating my blog for three weeks. Sorry. I've been working hard on my thesis and Spanish. And now I am going camping. After that, I might hopefully blog. I've wanted to. Oh well. Have a great week!