My (or should I say our) first Christmas married. My first Christmas apart from my family. My first Christmas in West Lafayette. (Not my first Christmas without snow, but that's always sad no matter what.) Basically my first everything it seems like. But make no mistake, despite what the title of this blog may be, it's no accident that I'm here in West Lafayette. So when God gives you lemons (or a frustrating graduate experience) what else can you do but make lemonade (or rum and diet coke). Either way, I'm here in Indiana, determined to get my degree, prove my merit and then leave, hopefully better for the experience and onto a more exciting state. Boiler Up.