Please help me think up a great gift/celebration idea for my husband, who is finally at the end of 7+ years of grad school (now THAT's an endurance event!).
For some background, we live in Austin, are in our early thirties, and have been married for five years. He's an engineer, which doesn't exactly lend itself to great gift ideas. He has been so busy this summer that he's pretty much stopped training but is looking forward to getting back into it (especially swimming). He loves to travel, but we'll probably have no more than a long weekend to go anywhere if I go the "celebratory getaway" route, and the options within reasonable driving distance of here are limited. While his actual graduation is in December, he's going to defend his dissertation around October, and I'd really like to be able to whip out/announce some big surprise the day he defends.
Any ideas? I'd really appreciate it.
For some background, we live in Austin, are in our early thirties, and have been married for five years. He's an engineer, which doesn't exactly lend itself to great gift ideas. He has been so busy this summer that he's pretty much stopped training but is looking forward to getting back into it (especially swimming). He loves to travel, but we'll probably have no more than a long weekend to go anywhere if I go the "celebratory getaway" route, and the options within reasonable driving distance of here are limited. While his actual graduation is in December, he's going to defend his dissertation around October, and I'd really like to be able to whip out/announce some big surprise the day he defends.
Any ideas? I'd really appreciate it.