dr. wintermute

yesterday was a big milestone in the wintermute household. dr. wintermute passed her dissertation defense. the faculty actually let me sit in on the whole defense, and it went really well. she got to slide # 2, and from there they wanted to discuss future analysis, application to other areas of study, and of course publication. they asked us to leave the room at the end, and deliberated for literally three minutes. bobbi (my undergrad advisor and the woman who married us) came by to congratulate dr w. the faculty had to go to an 'emergency' meeting, so we made our own reception by taking some champagne and plastic cups and sitting on the quad, gulping it and hoping that emory security didn't come by.

we had a very relaxing evening, having dinner with dr. w's advisor and some close friends from the phd program and then meeting up with j-watt and moe at hand-in-hand. sadly, metalsome monday did not make the cut. my body thanked me this morning when i got up to pack. am on board right now, about to head to boston for interviews at the big h.

it's hard to believe that six years have gone so quickly. i know, it's so cliche. i met dr. w in october 2001, having just moved to atlanta; she was in her first semester of grad school.

congrats dr. wintermute, i'm so proud of you!