Approved, Visits, Trips and Such
I got a call from my thesis committee chair yesterday informing me that my paper and film had been accepted and approved by my committee. That means the only remaining steps in completing my degree and submitting the paper to the Library for binding and filling out my graduation paperwork. All the hard work is done. Payoff at last.
My mother and Bill came to visit me this past week. We had a good time, visited a few places I’ve never been to, ate some good food, that sort of thing.We took a trip to Taliesin West, which was Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home in Arizona. His attention to the environment in which he built is completely staggering. He really was a genius. I would very much like to visit some of his other architectural projects now. We took a trip out to Tucson, which other than a pretty impressive old Catholic mission was rather blah. It appears that their downtown has a lot more going for it than Phoenix’s, but other than that, not much better. My mom made me Cuban arroz con pollo on their last day in town. Yum. Home cookin’.
Next week I’m off to New Jersey to visit Brett ‘n’ Bonnie, which inevitably means more food and booze and debauchery. I’m going to have to spend all of November in the gym to make up for these next few weeks.