Getting serious about blogging

Okay, I have to start taking this blogging business seriously or casey-emily.blogspot.com will end up like caseyandemily.blogspot.com. They have one post from 2005 that says "hi yall".  Thanks a lot, jerks.  I hate Casey and Emily for taking the best Casey and Emily related blog name and wasting it!

Next on the agenda is the drive out west.  The first thing you should know is that we drove all 2200 miles with a 2,000 + lb. trailer on the back of my 1996 Toyota Corolla.  This was TERRIBLE, and we will never do that again.  

It was impossible to go above about 60 mph with the trailer on the back. If we were going uphill the max speed was about 40. We weren't really counting on the trailer slowing us down that much and the trip took a whole extra day. In addition, having the trailer also made it difficult to stop anywhere that would require putting the car in reverse. 

precious moments #2

here's emily driving.  she also drove most of the way so I could rest.

Precious Moments #1

Welcome to our blog, which is full of precious moments!  The plan was to begin with our trip out west starting in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin, and ending in gorgeous Woodside, California.  Of course, we are already really behind on our blog.  I am not promising greatness here.  

First off we have a picture Casey took of me getting ready for my defense. I didn't give my committee all the Table of Contents, List of Figures, etc. because I figured that I would have corrections and have to totally redo it anyway. Well, Laura informed me at 8 pm the day before my defense that they all needed it to sign off on my thesis, so the morning was spent hustling on that.   

After all that, the defense went fine. My mom came to town and Laura brought us to the terrace and then Casey, mom and I met Marissa and Michael for dinner. After that Marissa threw me an awesome party and my mom stayed up until after midnight partying! Now she really wants to get a Wii and Rock Band for the family. The rest of the weekend was spent hustling to get corrections done, get my thesis deposited, and getting my stuff packed into the stupid UHaul trailer. We have no pictures of any of that. It is going to take a little while to get used to the blogging lifestyle.