tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post7270174653075740669..comments2023-09-30T07:11:12.483-07:00Comments on pilgrimsteps: speechlessjanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06538362162139679868noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-7739046096939492722008-07-04T11:30:00.000-07:002008-07-04T11:30:00.000-07:00Hey all:I don't really feel that I've earned it ye...Hey all:<BR/>I don't really feel that I've earned it yet--I will be earning it each day over the next year by showing my funding agencies how much work I will do with their monies. But it does make me feel just a smidge better about spending most of my holiday break last year on grant/fellowship applications. That was not fun.<BR/><BR/>I think I might divvy up my celebratory plants between trees and roses. I've wanted an avocado and a fig tree for so long, and this is giving me _permission_ to splurge! (the indulgence is just almost too much, having desired these for so long--maybe the fun was all in the wanting and not in the actual getting?) Ah, but the three roses that I cut from my new rosebushes and admired all evening long...wow. My other rosebushes (except for Elinor, whose story I will tell another day) are almost all either hand-me-downs from moving friends or are things I dug up in abandoned gardens. I'm just not used to buying such things *new.*janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06538362162139679868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-15619622577274526112008-07-04T09:54:00.000-07:002008-07-04T09:54:00.000-07:00Not "unbelievable" at all. And this, by the way, ...Not "unbelievable" at all. And <I>this</I>, by the way, harking back to a previous discussion, is something you deserve, because <I>this</I> is something you worked for and earned. :)<BR/><BR/>Good job, kiddo! Congratulations. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-52307222032901241442008-07-03T23:07:00.000-07:002008-07-03T23:07:00.000-07:00Hoorah! I'm so glad for you! And what a fantastic...Hoorah! I'm so glad for you! And what a fantastic way to celebrate: roses. I want to celebrate that way, too.Vajrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316098020907016693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-78775468470636405492008-07-03T20:37:00.000-07:002008-07-03T20:37:00.000-07:00OK, I've already heard this, but You. So. Rock!OK, I've already heard this, but You. So. Rock!JohnRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822899155130408891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-9966771541826561792008-07-03T19:05:00.000-07:002008-07-03T19:05:00.000-07:00Zowie! That's excellent. Roses are a lovely choi...Zowie! That's excellent. Roses are a lovely choice for a celebration splurge.Penny L. Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-66585507117343906352008-07-03T16:10:00.000-07:002008-07-03T16:10:00.000-07:00:) congratulations!!:) congratulations!!daisieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471659782256693603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-27845813327009201022008-07-03T15:29:00.000-07:002008-07-03T15:29:00.000-07:00Congratulations, Jana.Now you've got one more thin...Congratulations, Jana.<BR/><BR/>Now you've got one more thing to celebrate this weekend, along with Independence Day and your continued healing.<BR/><BR/>Woo-hoo. :)littlemissattitudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826943351455750612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-61313146577316316572008-07-03T13:34:00.000-07:002008-07-03T13:34:00.000-07:00I cannot think of anyone who deserves it more. Ja...I cannot think of anyone who deserves it more. Jana, you rock!Lorellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05553802871774452352noreply@blogger.com