Thanksgiving & Fall

Being proud pass-holders at Disneyland, we took some pictures by the annual delights: the ever-changing color of the letters of "California" outside of Disney's California Adventure, Sleeping Beauty's castle decked out in blue lights, and the huge Christmas tree on Main Street.



We were able to go on our 3rd annual Thanksgiving Vacation. This year, we went to Santa Barbara and enjoyed the delights of crisp air, a beautiful ocean, a clean outdoor mall, and Black Friday sales without the craziness or early mornings.

drumroll please....

The last hurtle has been cleared and now it's a long wait to find out if my time was good enough to finish the race this academic year.

Okay, enough with the analogy. I finished my 17th and final internship application tonight!!! Now I wait for interview invitations, and then I will find out in late February if I get an internship this year and where it will be. This stretch from May to now has been a constant sprint, with my feet stumbling under me many times.

These internship applications totaled more than 1000 pieces of paper, 6 printer cartridges, and a whole lot of postage!

At this point I feel peace about what God will bring into our lives. It could be such a variety of things. Wow. I'm finally done. Four years ago when I began my doctoral program, I could never have imagined that I would actually get through my comprehensive exams, professional qualifying exams, and write dozens of essays for internship applications. But...I am at this point only through God's grace...


Tomorrow I'm taking the day off and going to Disneyland.

-a tired Elizabeth