graduated

i've finished.

on April 25th, I crossed the stage and became a Master of Public Service.

more than a week later, I defended my final Capstone project, and shortly there after finalized my classwork.

after an amazing trip to New Orleans and to the best wedding ever (look for photos in Country Living) outside Savannah, Haynes and I are still traveling (though we have cut out a few stops to spend some quality time back in North Little Rock).

as I fulfill my duties as the Director of Programs at the Pat Tillman Foundation, Haynes has taken over a lot of the driving.

our next stops: Omaha (for a school presentation on our project), NYC (only for me, and for work), the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Devils Tower, Fort Collins, Boulder, and Denver.

it's wedding season, and so before I head out to Arizona, we have our final stop outside Atlanta for another Country Living-worthy wedding.

peace.

work, work, work

i have a lot to do and am getting some done every day, but traveling is not so conducive to doing work on a computer (especially if i need internet)

so wish me luck, say a prayer, and check out haynes' and my other blogs (as haynes has just added new photos)

until tomorrow

finally winter

i love the snow, and thus the winter

and (besides the annual Riley trip to Colorado) i haven't had too much of a winter

but the past week Haynes and i have seen snow in the beautiful Sierra Nevadas

first in the meadows and giant forests of Kings Canyon and Sequoia and now at Lake Tahoe

we are here next to the fire in the house of some friends and did some great skiing together

i love the snow