Graduation

Kindel (officially) and I (unofficially) graduated on Sunday. We attended her ceremony, where she received a fake diploma and got to wear a really cool robe and colorful scarf type thing. My thesis is ready to deposit and I'll do that sometime this summer. So I'm not quite official regarding my graduation requirements. However, I borrowed Kindel's cap and gown to take some photos Sunday afternoon. Check out the "IL Graduation" folder in my photobucket (link at right).

Last week I put together a rough draft of a manuscript for publication in a professional research journal. Think of a research journal as a magazine filled with wordy articles that report the results of various research projects throughout the world. Publishing is very important if one plans to have a productive academic career because this is where the rest of the research community can see and critique your work. My advisor will review the manuscript and we'll submit it soon. There's no gaurantee, though, that it will be accepted.

Kindel and I also had our last pre-marital counseling meeting last night. We had 5 meetings with Pastor J. and his wife that covered some very important topics. Most of all, though, we had a ton of fun, and as a result are looking all the more forward to marriage. We're excited and we hope to include you in on that excitement at our wedding events.

Cheers!

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