A and A, A&A, animal, animals, Asia & Annie, Asia. and Annie, break, Cat, cats, chill, chill time, chillax, chillaxation, chilling, companion, companions, companionship, company, decompress, decompression, detox, detoxification, detoxify, Doctor, Doctor Dispo, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctoral Degree, Doctorate, Double A Team, down time, Dr. D time, Dr. Dispo, higher education, me time, pet, pets, Ph.D., PhD, professional, QT, quality time, R and R, R&R, recover, recovering, recovery, relaxation, relaxing, rest, rest and recovery, rest and relaxation, resting, snow, Snow Day, snowing, stay-cation, staycation, vacation, vacay, winter, winter weather, Working Girl, Working Woman, Working Woman's Wednesday, Working Women
In ♥ & Soul, Community, Health, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, Relationships, Travel, Weekly Wonders, What's Hot, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 12/30/2015 at 12:25
Leave it to my Bestie Evie to always know what’s best for me!
#ImDreamingOfAWhiteCHRISTmas #LetItSnowLetItSnowLetItSnow #BabyItsColdOutside #iLoveTheWinterWeather #IveGotMyLoveToKeepMeWarm #WhenAllYouCatsAreSleepinWarmAsToast #WhiteCHRISTmas #LetItSnow #WinterWeather #CoolYule #CatsAreSleepinWarmAsToast #DoubleATeam #PURRfectMoment2PAWS #CATchOfTheDay #SnowDay #SnowAngels #WokeUpToThis #MerryTexasCHRISTmasYouAll #MerryTexasCHRISTmasYall #MerryTEXmas #WestTexas #WTX #winter #blizzard #BlanketOfWhite #snow #comfy #cozy #CuddleBuddies #SnuggleBunnies ❄️☃⛄️🎅🏽🎄🎁💝😍😻🏡
When they mentioned my need for “me” time at my graduation luncheon, I doubted that I could pull it off. However, I indeed observed how refreshed some of my fellow doc candidates-turned graduates seemed following their dissertation defenses ~ a break to decompress helped them relieve stress!
#DrDISPObustAFlow
To the tune of the wayback/throwback two-decade-old track by Montell Jordan:
♪This Is How I Did It♫
- 3½ ☼days☼ last week between Graduation and CHRISTmas
- +3½ ☼days☼ this week between CHRISTmas and mid-week
- = 7 ☼days☼ total (not consecutive ~ but I’ve made it count)
My favorite activities during this Dr. D time:
Advent, Advent Season, appreciate, appreciation, birth of Christ Jesus, birth of Jesus, birth of Jesus Christ, Career, career advancement, celebrate, celebration, challenge, Challenge the Process, challenging, Christ, Christ Jesus, CHRIST the King, Christmas, degree, dissertation, dissertation defense, dissertation document, dissertation documents, doc, doc candidate, doc degree, doc dissertation, doc docs, doc school, Doctor, Doctor D, Doctor Dispo, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy degree, Doctor's degree of Philosophy, doctoral, doctoral candidate, Doctoral Degree, doctoral dissertation, doctoral document, doctoral school, Dr. D, Dr. Dispo, empower, empowerment, Enabl Others to Act, enable, enabling, encourage, Encourage the Heart, encouragement, encouraging, example, full public dissertation defense, goal, goals, God, grad, grad school, Graduate, graduate school, grateful, gratitude, greeting, greetings, growth, heart, Heavenly Father, Heavenly King, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, HOLYday Season, HOLYdays, inspiration, inspirational, inspire, Inspire a Shared Vision, inspiring, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus' birth, life goal, Lord, LORD GOD, model, Model the Way, modeling, personal growth, Ph.D., PhD, pray, prayer, prayers, praying, presentation, Prince of Peace, process, profession, professional, professional growth, public, public defense, public dissertation defense, public speaking, public speech, pursuit, reflection, save-the-date, scholar, school, Season, season's greetings, seasonal, seasons, Team: Dr. D, Team: Dr. Dispo, thankful, thanks, Thanksgiving, ultimate goal, vision, way
In ♥ & Soul, Community, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, Relationships, Spirit Sunday, Sports, Sports Sunday, Travel, Weekly Wonders, What's Hot, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 12/06/2015 at 12:50
Two-Day Game Warning: Almost the End of Regulation!
As I approach my Big Day (Public Dissertation Defense) to complete my Doctor of Philosophy, my journey toward this ultimate goal may be drawing to a close while my next one toward my career advancement will begin.
However, my Ph.D. pursuit has helped me grow, not just professionally, but also personally, and most of all: spiritually. Furthermore, this undertaking couldn’t have been accomplished single-handedly: GOD’s grace provided, JESUS’ example was all-sided, and the HOLY SPIRIT’s light guided, in addition to Team Dr. D, who had my back. I forever will be grateful to the †Heavenly HOLY TRINITY† and my positive supporters here on Earth, who’ve rooted me on all the way, leading up to this Tuesday, December 8 ~ save-the-date!
My next anticipated title this Advent: Tita Elaine.
We expect my future niece or nephew to arrive around CHRISTmas time ~ the very 1st grandchild of my parents, who recently celebrated their ♥wedding♥ anniversary. Yes, my family is very blessed. Regardless of these joyous times, I pray that we’ll always turn to the LORD, as we lead our lives here while preparing our eternal home in Heaven.
Sending peace and goodwill to San Bernadino, CA, in the wake of this terrorist tragedy. ✌
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