Grab bag

1. My sister had her baby. A 9 lbs. 3 oz. girl, and all are healthy after a long labor. Every time we have skyped or talked about her, Maren wants to eat brown cheese.

2. It is graduate application season and we have literally twice the number of applications that we did last year. It’s great, in some ways, but because of my role on the admissions committee I have to review every application and it has taken me all weekend. 

3. Jeff has a pretty terrible cold.

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