"In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." –John 16:33

Tag: Tempe

Christian has no more summer vacations, but at least he gets to see the lovebirds

Love birds in Tempe
It is an inferno in Tempe where Christian is living this time of year and pretty miserable to be there. Lots of people ask him if he is enjoying his summer break and whether or not he is looking forward to going back to school in the fall. The reality is that, as a funded graduate student, he no longer really has a summer break. Summer breaks are now a thing of the past. He is a working stiff. In fact, he has worked harder this summer than he worked all year due to looming deadlines, the one in Boston already passed, but two more, his Qualification presentation this month and a conference paper and presentation in California in November. Add to that the fact that as many of the students who had the chance to leave town and get out of the heat did so and he had a pretty rough three months. Fortunately, that is about to come to the end when Fall semester starts and the kids arrive back to school. He also sent us this picture of the many, many lovebirds who have flocked into town. I think that is a good sign.

Betty Blonde #387 – 01/08/2010
Betty Blonde #387
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Mother’s Day weekend: Lorena and Christian in Tempe

Lorena makes breakfast for Christian in TempeIt is early in the day and you can see in the picture that Lorena is already hitting the sauce. Christian turned in his last project for the semester yesterday so all he has on his schedule today is a haircut and a trip out to one of our church conventions in Casa Grande. They are having way too much fun.

This summer will be an all research all the time summer in the Tempe heat. I think Christian is really looking forward to it. His research is still in the mathematical theory stage, so there is not a lot of lab work yet. I am not sure there will be very much lab work with his current direction, but that direction will almost certainly change toward the specifics of his dissertation as soon as his paper is delivered in November.

Betty Blonde #316 – 10/01/2009
Betty Blonde #316
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Christian’s apartment in Tempe

Christian's apartment close to ASU in Tempe
Christian is moved into his apartment at Arizona State University. He loves it and is making new friends.

Betty Blonde #141 – 01/29/2009
Betty Blonde #141
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