Changes

It would seem that the decision to start a blog was a good way to fill up downtime as I started to put together the full draft of my dissertation, but it was clearly not something that I could keep up with while finalizing the draft. As I became more immersed in finally finishing it, the work gained momentum, and when there was downtime, it was spent resting (or, if energy permitted, packing).

In the time since I last posted, Rhonda and I have moved down to South Carolina and into the house we bought (our first), we have started teaching in our new jobs at Newberry College, and I have successfully defended the dissertation. Rhonda’s pregnancy is progressing well, and little Zoe is due at the end of the month. Also, my sister, Heather, has given birth to a baby boy, Colin.

I was already an uncle by marriage, but now I am … a blood uncle?

Colin was a very big baby: 9 pounds, 1 ounce and 22 inches. He arrived this past Sunday (September 30^th). Both sister and nephew are doing fine. Here is a photo of little Colin getting a head start on his tan … no wait, that’s not a tanning bed; it’s just a heating lamp!