1. 成為人妻俱樂部的一員了。八月八號公證，八月九號簡單的宴客。由於我在通過博士班資格考前完全無心安排婚禮相關事宜，所以暑假開始後全力準備婚事。這次婚禮經驗讓我體會到在米國要辦一場正式的婚禮多麼地花費時間人力與金錢，有時間再來分享感想。
2. 婚禮結束後帶著爸媽在密西根玩了約十天，重要景點全都看了，甚至還跑到上半島，是一趟很滿意的旅程，老爸老媽也玩得很開心。不過...還是等有機會再來記錄。
3. 婚禮地點不在我或馬克居住的城市，加上爸媽來米國參加婚禮與旅遊，暑假開了好幾次長途車程，增加許多（不愉快）的經驗值，故事以後有空再來說吧。
4. 很幸運地老闆認為我的資格考論文應該有機會投期刊，所以暑假都在修正模型與資料分析，終於快要到一段落囉。
5. 除了暑假系裡固定有的一週一次的研討會，這次因為院裡申請到經費，還幫我們博士班學生開了英文寫作課程。雖說上得很不情願，但其實學了不少寫作技巧，蠻有收獲的。
6. 和馬克先生第一次以夫妻的身份參加他朋友在克里夫蘭的婚禮，是今年從台灣回來後我倆最輕鬆愜意的小旅行了！可惜我們只能在那兒停留不到24小時。之前在俄州時聽不到關於這座城市的好話，所以一直提不起勁去造訪，沒想到這次短暫的停留，克里夫蘭反而比我們預期中的還要令人驚豔！
7. 時間飛逝轉眼間就到八月底，開學後就是忙上課忙教課與忙研究，典型的學生生活...。
在朋友的邀約之下，從上學期開始我每週去跳一次Zumba，漸漸養成運動的習慣。雖然不是很規律，但過去幾週有時還能一週自發地運動兩次，對在台灣幾乎不運動的我來說，這是相當值得自豪的改變啊！這學期開始我也放入更多心力在研究上。不過開始認真做研究後，下廚做好料的興致大幅降低。這是說事業上我只能就廚房或研究室二選一？
During summer break, I thought I could come back to my weekly blog update schedule. It turns out; however, that I have not been able to do it in the past four months. Mark often sits next to me, opens his laptop, goes to this blog, and says: there has been no update. Oh well. What happened in the past four months?
1. Changed my relationship status to married. Mark and I had a court wedding on August 8th, and our reception the next day. Because I didn't have time to take care of the wedding before my qualify exam, wedding planning and preparation became the top priority in the summer. This wedding makes me realize the difference between a US and a Taiwanese wedding, and how costly it can be. Maybe I will share my experience in the future.
2. After the wedding Mark and I took my parents travelled around Michigan for about 10 days. We visited all the major tourist spots, even the upper peninsula. Mom and Dad enjoyed all the beautiful stunning scenery. Hopefully I have time to share our Michigan journey here.
3. I had long distance drive more frequently than usual since the wedding was out of state for both of us and my parents came to visit. I also gained some unique unpleasant experiences. I will have to write another entry about my story.
4. My advisor thought that my second year paper can be submitted to a journal, so we had spent all summer revising the model. The work hasn't finished yet, but is coming to an end.
5. In addition to attending the weekly summer seminar in my department, I also attended an academic writing class for PhD students, which was offered by College of Business. Even though I was reluctant to attend the class, I learned some great writing strategies. In the end, I was very grateful with the opportunity.
6. Mark and I attended a wedding in Cleveland, OH, as a married couple for the first time. It was our most relaxing trip ever since we came back from Taiwan at the beginning of this year. Unfortunately, we could only stay there for less than 24 hours. No one had ever recommended visiting Cleveland while I lived in Ohio. However, Cleveland surpassed our expectations and we had a really great time!
7. And then, it was August, and the semester started. Life now is consumed with studying, teaching, and researching - a busy PhD life as usual.
Due to my friend's invitation, I went to Zumba class once per week since last semester, and gradulatly developd the workout habit. In the past few weeks I even could exercised twice per week. This is a huge and proud progress to someone who never exercised in Taiwan. I also put more effort in research now. However, once I focus on research, I don't have much interest in cooking. Is it suggesting that I can just choose either my lab or my kitchen to be where my career happens?
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