Comments on: Acadadia: Busy Quarter

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:45:31 +0000

Thanks, Judy, for the advice. I hadn’t thought about that, but we will definitely keep it in mind!

Andrew: I’m glad we get to meet finally! I’ll be glad to have you in there since I’ll be out of my comfort zone. I was wondering if you might be in that class. You have a great break too! I’ll be on the east coast.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:55:01 +0000

Looks like we’ll be in Boustan’s course together. Should be great! We’ll grab that coffee we talked about back in December too. Sorry I’ve been slow to get in touch. Our kids are roughly the same age (within a couple days I believe – Dec 17 for mine) so I’m sure you’re plenty sympathetic about just trying to stay afloat as a UCLA grad student!

Have a great spring break!

By: Judy Redman

Judy Redman — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:44:44 +0000

I also think there is no good time to have a child, but there are definitely better and worse times. Having seen many doctoral candidates work their way through their candidature, I would definitely recommend that you do *not* choose the year you are due to write up and defend your dissertation as the time to have your second one. Sleep deprivation does not improve your ability to think clearly and logically!

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:12:43 +0000

Thanks, Pete. I don’t know. I’m thinking that, in comparison to this year, there might be a good time to have a child . . . at least better times.

By: pistolpete

pistolpete — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:33:30 +0000

There is never a good time to have a child and yet it always comes as a blessing.

God’s blessings on you, my friend. I’m praying for you.