The Countdown

To my five faithful My Palette followers: Please excuse my neglect. Thanks for your subtle hints that I need to get back on here. I promise to have a fuller report soon. In the meantime, here's the month's review (the skinny version)...

• A successful defense of my Master's Thesis... and my happy acceptance of the new title!
• The completion of a humongo conference at work, which took place in Atlanta. I also met Dr. Francis Collins, one of my idols!
• The budding of a new relationship with Ryan :)
• A vacation to Puerto Rico with roomies Marie and Bastian, and our friend Christoph (visiting from Germany)
• Participating in one of my long-time friend's wedding
• A St. Patty's Day party
• The discovery and appreciation of H Street, a street close to our house that has exciting restaurants and places to go for entertainment

Mallory arrives tomorrow evening for our first sister's half marathon, which takes place on Sunday! We'll be riding down in a caravan of other runners and cheerleaders. The run takes place on Sunday morning, but we're leaving on Saturday for VA Beach to pick up our race packets, check into our hotels, and scope out the town a bit. After the 13.1 mile race on Sunday, we'll celebrate our completion and then head to a couple wineries on the way back to DC. It should be a memorable weekend!