a weekly log of our everyday life
We started Jake’s Ph.D. Journey exactly 4 years ago. At the time, 5 years of our lives on a reduced income and living like college students again felt like it would last an eternity. We wondered how we would fare financially with Cindy being the primary breadwinner. Would we still be able to experience major […]
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Cindy’s childhood friend from Saturday Chinese School got married this past weekend! We have been looking forward to this wedding for sooo long!! Partially because we were excited to get out for a night. But mostly because more and more of Cindy’s friends are getting married!!! More weddings, please. It was one of the most […]
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Baby R was due around this time last year! Oh, how our lives have changed!! Exactly this time last year, we went on our final “spur-of-the-moment late-night movie showing”. Now, when we want to watch a movie in a theater, we have to plan in advance so we have a babysitter for Baby R! We […]
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The BIG highlight of the week: Jake’s brother’s wedding!!! What a beautiful and special day full of celebration and looooooove. We’re so happy and excited for Jake’s brother and his wife. We’re especially happy to have a sister-in-law!! And can’t wait for all the new family memories. And babies! Jk haha. (but really…) The wedding […]
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The last few weeks were “Month 2 of TTC” (trying to conceive). Aaaaannnnddddd….. no luck. We know 2 months of trying isn’t long at all, but it’s still super emotional. It’s just hard to hope for a result, not get it, and have to go through the process all over again– it’s knowing that we […]
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Soo….we started trying this past month! Spoiler: nothing happened. But we just wanted to share some of our thoughts and feelings from the journey so far. Since this is a more private topic, we will keep this post private until we feel like sharing it publicly. We’re learning just how hard it is to get […]
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Not much happened this week. Since we were so social last week, we decided to stay home and go out as little as possible this week… just to be safe. So the big highlight of the week was… Jake got his stitches taken out!!! And he will be starting physical therapy soon! His recovery seems […]
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H A P P Y I N D E P E N D E N C E D A Y ! So much happened this week! Jake had his one week follow up appointment for his leg. He was taken out of a splint and put into a boot. He can’t put any weight on […]
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Highlights of the Week Cindy wrapped up Year 5 of teaching. It’s still so crazy to think she’s been teaching for 5 years. She feels like she just started not too long ago. She’s excited for Year 6 and hopeful that she’ll be able to see her students in person next year. Jake finished up […]
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Happy Mother’s Day!!! We spent Mother’s Day with Jake’s family this year. We really miss hanging out with family. It was so heartwarming to be together again. We celebrated Jake’s mom with all her favorite things– eggs benedict for dinner out on the deck, games, and endless rounds of Just Dance on the Switch. A […]
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jake & cindy 