What's a Dissertation Honeymoon?

The concept for this blog came up as we were looking forward to celebrating a combined dissertation honeymoon - a trip taken after defending our dissertations, marking the end of our respective PhD journeys. It was important to us to celebrate with a longer vacation because graduate school was a long and challenging experience for both of us. Glenn defended in April and graduated in August, so he got a bit of a head start on decompressing, but Cassie joined soon after with a late August defense. Both of us were done by our anniversary (Labor Day weekend!) and by then we'd already planned a long road trip together, marking the close of one long chapter for each of us (and, in many ways, a big phase of our relationship) while simultaneously looking ahead to adventuring together in post-PhD life. We wanted to share these memories with our future selves, as well as any friends or family interested in following along!



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