O Tannenbaum

annual tree lighting on the town green.....this kind of makes it okay that we're not getting a tree of our own this year.

Thanksgiving

Since Sameer is finally "allowed" to drink caffeine (and beer!) we decided to get out our cappuccino machine to celebrate Thanksgiving. We are very thankful for cappuccinos! Sameer is very thankful that he is finished with his 9 months of antibiotics (and beverage restrictions).

On Thanksgiving we hung out with Lance and Cassie, friends of ours from school and church. We went out to dinner where we ordered the traditional Thanksgiving meal of stuffed shrimp (injected with tryptophan). We then came back to our apartment where we all played a game of "Mexican Train." Later, Sameer and Lance got to debate various theological issues while Whitney and Cassie struggled to stay awake.....

Application update:

So this is our living room last week while we got Sameer's recommendation forms ready to send to the recommenders. It's actually a bit of a catch 22, because one needs to have already achieved a doctoral education in order to navigate the complexity of the application procedures....



Yarrrgh - I need a beer.

Autumn in New Haven

It's been really beautiful here this month. Unfortunately we don't really know how to take pictures but here's a little glimpse of our neighborhood in November.


Whitney's walk to work....


Along Prospect Street....


The local dog park--pretty fancy!


Behind our apartment - Sameer gets a great view of this tree from his office window.


Our collection from the walk home....

It's hard to type when it's cold

Sameer is way too busy to write anything funny so I thought I'd show you a picture of him looking funny while he writes. (a Schleiermacher paper, that is)