Lorena got out my gown to make sure everything was as it should be. We are heading up toward Nebraska tomorrow, first to pick up the Kelly and Christian in Omaha on Thursday afternoon, then over to Lincoln for the night to be ready for the graduation on Friday. We were planning to make the whole drive from Texas to Omaha on Thursday, but decided we wanted to do this at a more reasonable pace so are leaving after the Fort Worth morning rush hour traffic to head out. I have to admit the cape and gown do look very cool. I am really looking forward to not only the graduation, but the festivities, too.

One little downside that showed up last week is that University of Nebraska–Lincoln is no longer going to provide lifetime email addresses for their graduates. That would not be such a big deal, but two of the professors on my committee and I are planning a fairly large research project to continue my work and it would have been nice to be able to do that without changing emails. I know that is a very small pinch point, but I would have enjoyed keeping my old email address. God willing, I will talk more about this new project that just extends my doctoral research. I will be pursuing this as a volunteer as long as I am able and there is fruitful work to do.