So, guess what?! I moved to the beach. For the next five months, expect way too many photos of my balcony view. We've been here for barely 24 hours and I'm in love. :)

As far as I know, if all goes well, I'm mostly almost 100% confident that I've finished my graduate program! Grades are in and not even Nonprofit Law or Statistical Methods could hold me down!

Oh, alright.... :) 

Sadly, Giorgio passed away before the start of this adventure. :( Ralph, however, is here! And it's just the two of us for the next five months!!! You probably can't gauge how incredibly exciting this is. Finally, my OCD issue with dirty dishes is solved! No one else to clean up after or pick on for not doing dishes! 

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of enjoying Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina for the first time! [as far as I can remember, anyway] That 13 hours was so entertaining [I got pulled over! a story for another time.] Check that one off the list!

So, funny story... I actually got 2! Ha! Long story short, the boy and I exchanged gifts a few days early and this lovely machine happened to be one of them. Best.Present.Ever. Then I discovered that Nana got me one ages ago to give as a Christmas present. Oops!! It all worked out, though. I now have a Keurig coffee maker and some sweet new sneaks. 

Interestingly enough, I met and visited with a couple of James's cousins at Christmas via Skype. One was a Sara. Of course, I liked her. :)