My wife and I are moving to Denver so she can go to grad school at the University of Denver for Anthropology with and emphisis in Museum studies and we get all kinds of crap, I am a bit easily put off by this so I usually reply that Some one has to do what they want with their life, which puts an end to any further naysaying. Then I smile and say how excited we are and leave it at that. I don't want to be obnoxius and we do not take to hart much of what people have to say about it. As for biking I usually don't bring it up. Both biking and Kelly's grad program are important to us and we benifit from them and they make us happy. What other peoples input is not much concern to us. You were right on when you called your goals personal, and you might be expecting to much from other people to be happy for you, I'm not saying this is right or wrong, that's just the way people are. any way congratulations on your accomplishments, don't let these people get you down or deminish your success because you are the only one you really have to worry about making happy, but since misery loves company, we are in the same boat. Good luck with future endevors