Summer 2012 recap

The fall semester starts tomorrow, so my summer is officially at an end. This semester marks the last year of my Master’s program, which is exciting and nerve-wrecking at the same time. It’s been a great summer, though, so I feel pretty good about it coming to a close. Since I started my job a year ago, this is the first year I’ve worked full-time over the summer, but it was nice to know that it’s possible to work 40 hour weeks and still have plenty of time to go out and enjoy life. :)

This summer:

We went to San Francisco to visit my family:

More San Francisco photos here and here.

We had an Epic Fantasy Weekend:

We went to the Renaissance Faire:

More Renaissance Faire photos here.

We moved into our new place and I got my office set up (mostly):

More home office posts on the Battleroom page.

We went to Washington D.C.:

More D.C. pictures here, here and here.

We went hiking up in Truckee:

We went exploring in Virginia City:

We celebrated Andrew’s 24th birthday:

We perused downtown Reno (several times):

Andrew won first place in the car show:

I got a sweet new ride:

And we also saw a lot of great movies and television shows, and played some awesome new games, and spent a lot of time just hanging out. It was a nice few months, but now it’s time to hit the books!

San Francisco, pt. 3

I realized the other day that I totally forgot to post the rest of my pictures from my quick trip to SF last month. Here are some I took with my real camera (i.e., not my smartphone).