end of an era

The semester is almost over. The last few weeks have been killer in the amount of reading and writing I've had to do. But the silver lining is that this is the last week of class... ever! At least as far as my master's degree is concerned, that is. I may or may not do a PhD. I'm leaning away from it (grad school is so expensive and financially, the payoff for an archaeology doctorate is minimal- not to mention the extra years of unproductivity as grad school draws further on). Though, I would still love to have my PhD, so one never knows... Anyhow, I'm not quite in the clear with my master's yet. I still have to write a thesis and that will take about a year to complete. Nonetheless, I'm thrilled to be done with the class aspect of this degree. Things are working out, slowly but surely. This graduate program was one of the main reasons Jenny and I moved out to Boston nearly 3 years ago. We also knew we wanted to liveaboard. So, as a whole, things are working out rather well. Grad school is taking a while, but we are living a nice life in the meantime, happily married, on a boat we love, so I'm in no hurry. Nonetheless, the end of an era is a good feeling.


-Justin

Hot Dog

I couldn't resist uploading this picture real quick. It is cold, rainy, sleety, snowy outside. This is Willie, who almost refuses to go out and even pee. He is sleeping between a 750 watt ceramic heater, an 11,000 BTU propane fireplace, and on top of a radiant rug heater! Even more cute is the fact that he somehow got one paw underneath a rug. That must be one hot dog.

and, btw, that rug heater that we bought is awesome! It is the RugBuddy. As a 2x7.5 runner it fits perfectly on most of our floor right down the centerline of the boat. Getting out of bed and stepping on warm rug instead of on cold bilge radiating floor is the best thing ever. I think we might have blogged about this thing before but I'm so happy with it I wanted to post again. It is also water resistant and we got some bathmats from IKEA that we put together to form a waterproof runner. Nobody can ever tell they are bathmats.

Snow!

It snowed in Boston over the weekend, and Willie LOVES it. It's mostly gone now, but it came down fast and our shrink wrap held firm. Let's hope that we get more of the white stuff soon!