Eric and Lisa
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October Update
10/06/2007 11:29 AM | Family
As you can probably
tell by the long blog hiatus, life has been pretty
uneventful. We've been busy, of course, but nothing
really exciting or interesting has happened lately.
Eric is plugging away at his dissertation and was able to run the first two subjects of Experiment Three for his thesis this past week. He feels really good about how things are going and thinks that, at this rate, he'll be able to accomplish his goal of finishing up by next spring. He's been working really hard at searching out potential job opportunites for us for when we leave Bloomington next summer and has found some intriguing possibilities.
I'm wrapping up the first fall session at the IEP, and the second session starts the week after next. Next week is our big "Week Seven", which is full of exams and whatnot, which means that my schedule gets upended and, hence, so does our family routine. Flexibility is the key!
Eric and I have
been running a lot lately, getting our bodies ready
to compete in the Bethel College Homecoming 5K race,
which we also did last
year. I
think we'll both beat our times from last year,
and hopefully make a dent in the standings. We've
been enjoying this warmer weather -- it makes for
nicer running in the morning -- but we're also
ready for it to cool down so we can turn off our
air conditioner and leave it off for awhile! 88
degress in October is ridiculous!
Ian is suffering from a nasty chest cold, which I think I contracted today. (Fun, fun!) He's got all four of his first molars in, and is working on a fifth. He's eating everything in sight and having a lot of fun being independantly mobile. Playing outside and "going bye-bye" are some of his favorite activities. He's also graduated to a "big boy" bed -- we took off the front of his crib and turned it into a daybed, with a little guard rail to keep him from falling out. He loves getting in and out of bed by himself, and does really well with going to sleep when he's supposed to. That kid loves his sleep -- thank goodness!
All in all, things are well with us.
--Lisa
Eric is plugging away at his dissertation and was able to run the first two subjects of Experiment Three for his thesis this past week. He feels really good about how things are going and thinks that, at this rate, he'll be able to accomplish his goal of finishing up by next spring. He's been working really hard at searching out potential job opportunites for us for when we leave Bloomington next summer and has found some intriguing possibilities.
I'm wrapping up the first fall session at the IEP, and the second session starts the week after next. Next week is our big "Week Seven", which is full of exams and whatnot, which means that my schedule gets upended and, hence, so does our family routine. Flexibility is the key!
Ian is suffering from a nasty chest cold, which I think I contracted today. (Fun, fun!) He's got all four of his first molars in, and is working on a fifth. He's eating everything in sight and having a lot of fun being independantly mobile. Playing outside and "going bye-bye" are some of his favorite activities. He's also graduated to a "big boy" bed -- we took off the front of his crib and turned it into a daybed, with a little guard rail to keep him from falling out. He loves getting in and out of bed by himself, and does really well with going to sleep when he's supposed to. That kid loves his sleep -- thank goodness!
All in all, things are well with us.
--Lisa
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