Kiddo #2 just had another first author article published in the premier journal of her primary medical specialty. It’s her 3rd article in the last 18 months. Plus she published a first author article in the premier journal for her secondary medical specialty.
That’s pretty good productivity for a young (non-academic) physician.
Wow!!! Congrats! I’ve been on a diet (though nothing as impressive as your feat!) and have been stuck at a plateau for a week. I have lost about 15 of the 20 I want to lose ( I will be ok with losing 3 more, but I want to lose 5) and I just go up and down by the same .2-.4 lb) . How’d you break through plateaus?
I hit a number of plateaus through my journey. When this happened I would up my level of exercise a bit – but the most important thing was to try and not get so frustrated and stick to the plan I had.
I just reread you post… WOW, half the former weight. Well done! Congratulations on making a plan and sticking to it.
After many many years of failed attempts, I finally nabbed a badge to next year’s Comic-Con. It’s a senior priced ticket for the Sunday session, so don’t expect to see anyone famous. I just want to see what it’s like since we live so close. I have until next July to decide if I want to cosplay 
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Woohoo…she passed!
Congratulations 
, but what did she pass?
@thumper1 : That’s wonderful!!!
So happy for son graduating veterinary school in May 24. He was asked to sit in the University President’s box and give a 5 min speech about his experience at the school. The Dean of the vet school and the Dean of the opposing school’s vet school would be there too. They also let him bring his wife. After his speech they presented him a $30,000 scholarship for his last semester! He was so excited.
The scholarship is for a student in the top 10% of the class, has an interest in small animal medicine and surgery and has an excellent chance of being accepted into a residency program at a renowned institution.
So very proud of him!
My children and their partners and dogs were here for 5 days and I did not ask a single prying question, get them up “early” bybeing noisy at 9am, and I made them do allthe dishes and make lunches. Go me!
Headed to the Nutcracker. Wearing a black print corduroy jacket that my grandmother made for me in high school… (same Nanny that sewed a ballet costume for me in 1st grade, with cute tutu). Decided to pull out the black velvet skirt she made, which I had kept for my daughter (who turned out to be more of a tomboy). Yay - skirt fits too
My wife is awesome. She took on the challenge of planning our next big trip. So this week is supposed to be the reveal. But, the twist is that the reveal will come during a week long getaway to Costa Rica. Right now I’m having a cup of coffee!
@Rivet2000 : Jealous!
The vacation reveal was last night over a great meal overlooking the rainforest.
For context, we have taken only one vacation together (without kids in tow) in the last 25 years. That, coupled with all the frequent flyer miles and hotel points my wife has accrued means we are due a great vacay.
So here we go. We fly out to Singapore for 3 nights to get over jet lag. Then 2 weeks in Vietnam (HCM City and Da Nang), then two weeks in Japan (Tokyo and Kyoto). All the long flights are Unite Polaris and hotels are Four Seasons, and Ritz.
Looking forward to this!
Can I please be married to your wife?
It took 27 years and 11 months, but she’s gone from a 1 pound baby to earning a Masters of Arts in History. Her professors stayed after graduation to meet me and express how talented they think she is. I’m very proud.
ChoatieCPT has three more classes to complete his CS masters degree from Georgia Tech, all electives at this point. Still maintaining a 4.0. Good job, son!
I love the dinner discussions in our engineering family. Last night was details of Ds cardiac research and how Ss h-index has increased in the last year.
Just turned 3 granddaughter, Twin A, observed during dinner last night that 2 always comes between 1 and 3. (ordinality–the basis for number theory)
She told her dad at breakfast this morning that 30 is 3 10s. (multiplication)
Comments were completely spontaneous, No coaching or times tables involved.
First college grades are coming in for C23: all As and even an A+. Start as you mean to go on. It’s quite a nice start indeed.
