Yesterday, I completed a major accomplishment. I spent two hours in a conference room with my faculty committee at UNC Charlotte to defend my thesis proposal and my oral comprehensive exam. I was so, so nervous! Everything went great! The first hour I defended my thesis proposal and then the second hour I answered the oral comps questions. They asked me to leave the room for 5 minutes while they discussed whether I passed or not. There were 6 questions, and I could receive a high pass, pass, low pass, or fail. I received 3 high passes, and 3 passes! I was thrilled! When I walked back into the room, they congratulated me, and went on and on about how well I had answered the questions!
They said they were impressed with my passion for my job and for this profession, and asked me to speak on a panel in April. I will be speaking in front of other professionals, students and community members. I am nervous, but so honored to be asked to do this!
So....today, was a day of celebration! This morning Creig and Meredith surprised me with a breakfast of bacon, eggs and grits. Then we all drove to town so that I could use my manicure gift certificate.
Creig took Meredith down to Target so she could enjoy their special event about Dr. Seuss. She got lots of free treats, and enjoyed hearing a Dr. Seuss book. When they were done they came back to the nail salon, and the lady doing my manicure asked Meredith if she would like to have her fingernails and toe nails painted. Well, I did paint them last night, but this was far better and she just had to do it! She felt like a big girl picking out her own color...purple!
She thought she was a grown up sitting in that chair. She even had a flower painted on her thumbs and big toes! Creig thinks we may have created a monster...he says she will probably expect to have her nails done at the nail salon all the time now!
When we left the nail salon, we headed to Stallings Park. We had lunch at the picnic tables and played for a while. Meredith loved it, and it was a beautiful day!
Meredith actually talked me into going down the slide with her, and we had a great time on the swings!
We've decided this is something we definitely want to do at least one weekend every month, if not more! It was so nice to enjoy the sunshine and get some fresh air.
Here is our future rock climber!
We played and played and played! Meredith had a blast and we so enjoyed spending time with her. Of course, this was the final result of all that hard playing...
When we left the park we had to go to the grocery store to pick up a few things for dinner. We decided to just stop at the Harris Teeter on our way home, and Meredith was thrilled. Anytime she is with me when I do my grocery shopping she begs to go to Harris Teeter. Anyone who has small children probably knows why....the FREE cookie! We had never stopped at this particular Harris Teeter before, so we were surprised to find a Harry the Dragon riding toy when we walked in. Meredith told us she wanted to ride, so I gave her the 50 cents to put in, and off she went!
I love making these special memories with my family! This morning when we were driving to the park, I told Meredith "I love being your Mommy!" She looked at me, smiled and said, "I love being your daughter!" I am so thankful to have Creig and Meredith, and am so blessed! What a great way to celebrate!
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