Our New Place
I’ve pretty much finalized all the details, so I guess it’s official. Martha and I have an apartment!
I’ve pretty much finalized all the details, so I guess it’s official. Martha and I have an apartment!
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I have had the good fortune of receiving a pair of acceptances to North Carolina universities, now I (simply?) have to decide which to choose. Decision to be made by this weekend…
The new year has come and gone & we are entering the final week of January. Ordinarily, this simply means that first coursework sets are coming due and I am settling into a new schedule, but this year the end of January carries much more weight.
We are entering admissions committee decision time. That [...]
This is crazy… it’s not really my final semester; I’ve (hopefully) got a Ph.D. ahead of me. However, I can’t help but feel a little bit of satisfaction (and sadness) as I get my texts in order for my last semester. It should be a fun one, too – wedding planning, graduate schools, a thesis, a [...]
So today Martha left Wilmington to move back home to be a schoolteacher for this next year. That bites. Still, I’m pretty excited for her… she’s near her family, she’s teaching at a really good school, and she’s not that far away from Wilmington. This is a bonus considering I’m fortunate enough to be scheduled at [...]
Ever have one of those days where nothing goes as you expect?
I woke up late today, so I couldn’t study as much as I wanted. I forgot to take lunch to school. I took possibly the worst exam ever in my school career. We killed it at band rehearsal and nailed the songs in only 1 hour (record time). I [...]
I study mathematics & physics. I write music. I do copious amounts of homework. I play other people’s music… I often wonder why music affects me the way it does. I also wonder how the universe works. I breathe, but I’m still trying to learn how to live. I don’t know yet how [...]