Goodbyes and hellos

Ann Arbor is a great place to live. It's a vibrant, intellectually-stimulating town, full of fabulous people. But one of the downsides of Ann Arbor is that many of its residents are simply transients. People from all over Michigan, the Midwest, and even the world come to the University of Michigan for graduate study, and then, after they finish their M.S., Ph.D., M.D., or fellowship, most of them leave. Melissa and I fit right into that mold. Yet, even though we'll be moving away in a little over two months, it's still not easy to say goodbye to friends moving away before us. Yesterday we spent much of the day helping our dear friends Geoff and Ashley move out of their Ann Arbor residence. Our time with them here was relatively short, but our friendships with them will be long lasting. We will really miss you both, Geoff and Ashley!

But while we must say goodbye to friends, we can say hello to other things--most notably, Melissa's baby bump! She is now 15 weeks pregnant. Her days are still touch-and-go, punctuated by moments when she feels pretty good and then later by moments when…well, she doesn't. We're hopeful that she'll continue to see improvement in the coming days. After all, we'd really like for her to begin to actually enjoy growing this Peanut!