Me in Santa Monica, CA this summer
Greg and I have spent a lot of time talking about more graduate school, Ph. D for both us down the line. He sooner than I. We are both realizing we are not 24 anymore. Greg catches up to me on Sept. 24, we'll both be 27. I started trying to work out his birthday details yesterday, but I still have a long way to go. I've lost eight pounds, but the Wii Fit is still not satisfied, and neither is my Weight Watcher's online account.
My position at the US Institute of Peace appears to be working out well so far. I love the women in my department--all very intelligent and hard working; I love the organization's cause. With my thesis I am fully immersed in the coverage of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, learning everything I can about natural disasters, journalistic communities and Haiti. Work at USIP is complimenting this process well as there have been several events on Haiti thus far.
I'm thinking a lot about the future of our family and what our lives will look at in May 2011, as we celebrate our fifth anniversary. This summer was really hard on both of us. I think we both aged a couple of years over the summer as well. Wednesday's ASP/WJC picnic will be hard without Mia to tag along with us.
