2008 in review (aka, the most jam-packed year of my life to date)

This year has gone by in a total whirl wind of activity:

1) wrote and defended my thesis
2) GRADUATED FINALLY
3) moved twice
4) started my postdoc in a new (read: crap-load of new stuff to learn) field
5) gave in and became a member at Epworth and am now a co-chair of a committee (so much for anti-establishment)
6) GOT MARRIED
7) applied and re-applied for an NIH fellowship (cross your fingers folks; i sure would like to get that thing!)
8) went to India for a week long family meet-and-greet
9) Tejas recently changed directions and is now on the job market in ATL*

*i do realize that i am not directly involved in the activity side of this one, but it still has a pretty big whirl wind effect.

i suppose if i was a good little blogger i'd have pictures to go along with most of these events, but we all know thats not the case. i do still intend to send everyone relevant high-res pics from the photographer at the wedding, but you know it may be summer before that happens.

And to ring in the new year, I am trying desperately to finish a manuscript i still owe to Andrew, and put together a group meeting presentation for monday. yay.

long term goals for 2009 include hitting the campus pool for laps in the am before work, and putting up some homemade drapes in the apartment so it starts to actually resemble a home (rather than a bachelor pad).