After successfully defending his dissertation at the end of April, Jim began a month long celebration that will end with a two week vacation in California. It will be his first visit since 1997. The Friday evening graduation was the beginning of a wonderful weekend.
Graduation week began with a visit from Jim's dad Frank. Poor Erika had to decide between going to a girl scout camp or going to Jim's graduation. After she decided to go camping, we decided to get a babysitter for the other two girls. So the evening was wonderfully peaceful and somewhat elegant. We went to a great reception given by the alumni association. I never so much Wisconsin cheese in one place. There was a lot of good salami too (an Adkins dieter's dream). Jim's advisor and mentor Dr. Kingdon, escorted Jim to the podium to receive his diploma. After the ceremony Frank took us out to eat at Jim's favorite Chinese restaurant.
On a personal not, tragedy hit my computer once again. This time it was avirus from a Longaberger basket enthusiast. So much for opening all my email -- never again. This happened shortlly before the "love bug" stuck, so I had already learned my lesson by then. The good thing about it all was that I had most things backed up and I got to start over again on a "new" computer. Spring cleaning really. The bad news is I lost a lot of my contacts... so send me a line with your email address.
