...and EIGHT months later...

Hard to believe it's been over eight months since I last posted! (I can certainly imagine a chorus of AMENs of the "Anonymous" poster(s) who keep leaving me comments wondering when I'm going to update my blog!)

Lots of things have happened since, but I won't bore you with the minor details. Perhaps the one most pertinent to this blog is the news I received recently from Cochlear, Inc., the maker of my particular brand of implant. About a year ago, I applied for a financial scholarship from Cochlear that was open only to those who wear their implant. Much to my enjoyment, I opened my mailbox before Christmas break to find a package for me, from Cochlear, informing me that I was selected as one of the recipients of the Graeme Clark scholarship. In addition to receiving financial assistance upon the completion of each of the remaining years of my time at Clemson, Cochlear is also flying me AND a guest to a Cochlear Celebration to be held in San Antonio this year! Of course, my guest will be none other than my terrific Mom!

In San Antonio, I'll get to take part in celebrating the 25 year anniversary of the invention of the Nucleus® cochlear implant. At this celebration will be the inventor of the multi-channel cochlear implant, Professor Graeme Clark (who is also the namesake of the scholarship I have received). I look forward to meeting him and having a chance to thank him for the contribution he has made to my life! Be sure to check back on the blog in late February, hopefully I'll have some pictures from the trip that I can post. Of course, my thanks go out to Cochlear, Inc. and Professor Clark for continuing to impact my life in more ways than one.

With that said, I will try my best to start posting to the blog on at least a sporadic basis over the next few months. We'll see what happens!

And finally, in keeping with an age-old blogging tradition, I gotta say Go Tigers! Basketball is still doing well, and our top-ranked baseball team are about to take the field at Doug Kingsmore. Sounds like spring is on the way!