Friday was an exciting day in the Plant family. Josh defended his thesis to his committee to become Dr. Plant. I picked up the kids early from school so we could go downtown to show our support. It was fun to ride the T and talk about our day. We were all so giddy about it being such a special day. When we got to Josh's lab, my nerves took over the giddiness. Josh never gets nervous. I am nervous enough for the both of us. The poor kids had to deal with mega uptight mom for an hour! (they did pretty well considering they had to watch a 45 min science presentation--talk about stressful keeping them quiet, though--yeesh!)
Here is Josh at the end of his presentation. Sorry for the blurry camera phone pic. I was in a big hurry here.
Josh's seminar was advertised all over the building.
After Josh gave his 45 minute talk, the audience was excused so Josh could meet with the committee and get the verdict. We waited in the cafeteria with the Red Sox first winning game of the season on tv (it was a sign!).
Such great views of downtown in that building. The clock was ticking sooooo slowly.
Then Josh came out with the thumbs up.
Introducing Dr. Plant!
Here he is with his PI (lab boss), Mike.
There was a really nice little celebration for Josh in the lab afterwards. Then we headed home where the kids and I prepared a few things to celebrate:
Cake, ice cream, a banner, balloons and Dr. Pepper for the doctor
3 comments:
My favorite part is that Josh looks totally chill in all the pics. All in a day's work for him! Way to go, Josh!
That's big exciting news! Congratulations to all of you.
Congrats guys! What an accomplishment.
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