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So a few months ago, I got a new program called Adobe Contribute.  I knew that it was designed to help work with blogs, but I had no idea that it would work with the Blogger site.  It's actually totally integrated with other programs (IE, Adobe Bridge, etc.) to make it easier to publish content.  I guess you should expect more out of us in the near future since I just got it to work!

I sold my house!

The first big step in merging our lives is to live in the same place... While we're not doing that just yet, we took one giant step forward today. I sold my condo, and I'm moving into a short-term lease apartment for the next few months. Fortunately, this gives us some liquidity, and will let us move my stuff to Anne's easily. Farewell pictures of my place, and pics of the new apartment will follow soon!

I'm 25 and there's less than 3 months to go!

Last Friday marked the 3 month countdown for our wedding! We celebrated it and my birthday with an evening at "Art on the Rocks" and a celebratory bottle of champagne. Saturday was spent with friends for a relaxing birthday party complete with a delicious dinner by Brian, a dip in the pool, and my favorite birthday cake (angel food filled with sherbet and fresh whipped cream). My mom arrived Saturday night and helped me celebrate my 25th birthday on Sunday with a quiet evening at home and a yummy home-cooked dinner, then we forged straight on into "Wedding World" for the remainder of her visit. We tied ribbons on bubbles, we tapped into our crafty sides making bouquets, boutonnieres, pew markers, and corsages, I modeled my wedding dress and my mom cried as we picked out a veil, the girls came over to stuff the invitations and sample wines for the reception, and my mom countless stops to take care of other wedding details while I was at work... It was a busy week, and all I can say is I can't wait 'til October when I become Mrs. Anne Dranka!

Jealousy

So Anne is off in Colorado for a week proving that she is in fact a top scientist (not that I ever had any doubt). Though many people apply, Anne was one of only 100 or so students and post-docs that got chosen to attend this year's Pathobiology of Cancer workshop in crummy Aspen, CO. I don't know why I can't go to some cool place with cool people and learn all about the absolute cutting edge in my research field too. Jealousy rears its ugly head...