Comp Beard

At the beginning of the year, I decided to not shave my beard as I studied for my comprehensive exams ("comps" for short).  Sarah got a little curious after a few weeks and asked me when I was going to shave.  I told her that it was for good luck and that I would shave after my comps. "When...

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Camping and Hiking in the Wichita Mountains

Some of the accounting PhD students decided that during spring break, we should go hiking at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and eat at Meers. Wanting to get more bang for our buck in driving out there, Sarah and I decided that we would go out there and camp the night before, hike in the morning...

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Disc Golfing on Pi Day

To celebrate Pi Day, Sarah and I had a picnic at the park and then played a round of disc golf.  I had my best round (out of two times) at this course and Sarah only got her disc stuck in a tree once.  Despite the somewhat muddy conditions, we didn't have any lost discs, so it was a great...

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Visit from Garrett

Sarah's cousin Garrett came out to visit us the first weekend in March to visit OU and help him decide if he wanted to come here for his master's degree.  He had been accepted into the landscape architecture program at both OU and another school, so he was visiting both in order to make a more...

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