I am an avid reader of Annie’s life in a lab coat blog. I am sure that her other readers are
experiencing the same angst as I am, wondering what she is up to. The following is my account of the happenings
since her last irregular blog post.
1.
Lil sis graduated from High School. This is a momentous occasion. She is a smart and at times goofy young
lady. I think back to the mix of
emotions that I experienced when I graduated from high school. I was overjoyed to be done with a 12 year
educational endeavor and anxious for the post secondary hurdle ahead a.k.a.
college. Lil sis was accepted to a good
school and even got a scholarship!
2.
E. had her bachelorette party in Sonoita, AZ, in
Arizona wine country. The party of ladies
took several tours of various wineries and handed out cookies to several of the
operators who gave unscheduled tours of their operation. Side bar: I am jealous of this trip as it is
on my Tucson bucket list and I have yet to go but, E. had a good time and that
is all that matters, ever. [Isn't J a great husband?]
3.
Anne went on several job interviews [actually just one on-site interview, plus a few phone interviews, and a couple face-to-face interviews at the conference last month] for post
graduation aka the real world with a real job.
This should not be confused with some no-talent hollow a-holes who end
up on MTV drinking too much and in general sucking at life. She had the trip from layover hell. To keep it short and sweet, she was supposed
to get in at a reasonable time and have dinner with the infamous C. [aka Boyfriend] but,
Murphy’s Law and the airlines [and the weather] took over and killed that dream. She finally, after many hours of waiting,
landed at 0000 (midnight for you non-24 clock people [--> E]) and made it to her
interview at 0700 tired but there in person.
4.
J & E FINALLY got married after ~6.5 years of
dating! Anne was the MOH and gave a
great toast. The back story: The wedding was on 6/2/12. Annie returned from her interview and entered
pre- wedding combat. E. decided to make
her own wedding and grooms cakes. So,
beginning on Thursday, she worked for two days baking cakes, making marzipan
fruit, crumb frosted, frosted, decorated the cake, and flowers. She did this side by side with E’s mom who
is high strung [no comment]. Being my M.I.L., I will
make no further comment. I cannot express
my level of thanks for her help. The
cakes were delicious and looked awesome.
Annie is a truly talented baker and any man lucky enough to have her in
his life will eat well. C. take note. [Yes. Boyfriend, take note.] Pictures
to follow.
5.
Annie was offered a post doc position that is
affiliated with one of the premier medical institutions [located at one of said institutions, I'll actually be employed by an instrument company] in the country. Last I heard this was where she was going to
accept as a job. It is a bitter sweet
event. On the one hand it is nice to
graduate and get the hell out of grad school.
On the other it is sad as she will be leaving a group of great friends
and a town that she has come to love and hate.
I can only wish her the best of luck.
I know that she is a great chemist and will flourish at anything she
takes on.
6.
The dissertation is for all practical purposes
done, yay! [YAY!!!!] I know this has been a
looming cloud for a few months but, it is in the final stages of done and
should be finished very very shortly.
Annie and I discussed her monumental achievement this evening; I was
informed that she was celebrating with ice cream. For those of you curious souls: Ben and
Jerry’s Half Baked.
I am sure that I left some things out but, this should give
you some much needed Annie news.
Thank you for reading this somewhat rambling post and have a
good morning/afternoon/evening.
~J. of J & E
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