I am so proud of my partner who, after an eight-year, winding, obstacle-filled journey, passed their doctoral dissertation defense yesterday. I‘m relieved and happy for it to be over. All that‘s left is paperwork and graduation in May, and we‘re on to new and exciting things. I wish we had more time to celebrate but our jobs continue without regard for our wants/needs. We‘ll try for fancy dinner/outing on the weekend ☺️