The Coppit Family Daily News

Christopher’s incision from his second CI surgery still hasn’t full healed, even after 6 weeks. So we went to our local ear-nose-throat doctor, Dr. Stonebreaker. As we were leaving, Christopher said “Bah-bah” to the Dr’s assistant.

At first we weren’t sure if he “meant it,” but after we said “bye-bye” he said it again. Then, since I drove separately from Dorothy and Christopher, he said it over and over in the parking lot.

It looks like I got my first grant! I got a letter from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research saying that they’ll support my 3-year proposal for research on software plans. This certainly will help my tenure case, not to mention provide support for my two PhD students.

The grants office is talking with the Air Force to work out the details. Hopefully the funding will start to flow in January.