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Another good year for my family and me:

• Jan: the Gators win their second football championship in three years, largely due to Percy Harvin and Tim Tebow.
• Feb: we celebrate, realizing Amelia’s sleeping isn’t a fluke. (And we are celebrating still!)
• Mar: we travel to Florida to see family; I enjoy a very productive CCCC.
• Apr: a quick trip to southern Illinois; my brother and his wife meet us for hiking with the girls. Rainy but fun.
• May: we travel to Florida again, seeing different family this time, and friends in Gainesville too.
• June: I get tenure and a raise, and present at MEA with Jeff and Thomas.
• July: we get a new roof and gutters. I present at WPA.
• July: the girls and I spend a long week in Michigan, enjoying beaches from Grand Haven to Traverse City.
• August: We finish our kitchen upgrades.
• September: I ran a personal best in the Quad Cities half-marathon: 1:49:17.
• October: Madelyn and Amelia turn four and one.
• November: WIU approves my request for AY2010-11 sabbatical, not long after my summer stipend is funded as well.
• December: Amelia starts walking! And I finish 2009 with travel to Philadelphia to present at MLA. (More on that soon.)

Once again, a great year, and 2010 looks even better.

Posted Thursday, December 31st, 2009 at 8:17 pm under Family, House, Nerdliness, Research, Running, Sports, Travel. Follow responses with the RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback.