- Completely finished my thesis introduction and the first two research chapters
- Written some heartfelt acknowledgments. Which I wish I could post here (but I can't, not until everything else is done)
- Worked much of the way through a really bad draft of the third research chapter
- Sort of, maybe, not really contemplated the concluding chapter
- Not even thought about writing my defense powerpoint slides
- Canned (I'm not kidding) 34 pints of tomatoes, peaches, apricots, and various kinds of jam (more on that later)
- Not gotten botulism (yet)
- Gone to Yoga three times a week. This is new. And cliche.
- Fell waaaaay behind on my blog reading
- Not edited the photos for or told a single story about our West Coast trip
- Finally figured out this f@#$$! piece of s#$! of a markup language
- --> Actually, let me take that back. LaTeX rocks. It was just the wrong time for me to learn how to use it.
- Realized that my thesis topic kind of sucks
- Realized I don't have any answers about my topic or my research
- Realized that I'm now at the point of knowing more about my topic and my research than anyone else does
- Realized that nobody knows anything about my topic
And, the real important one, I have...
- Generally speaking, been a terrible friend to everyone around me
- Been very fortunate to have such understanding friends (and husband)
So what's left?
- About 20 pages of writing (but it's double spaced!)
- Somewhere in the range of 15 figures
- A tiny bit of data analysis
- 3 more meetings with my adviser
- 3 weeks until submission
- 4 weekends of work until the defense
- 29 days until the butterflies go away
1 comment:
You can do it and I promise it'll be worth it. Promise! (Okay, I don't have the PhD but a couple of masters, count, right?!)
And, my blog will be waiting for you when you get back. You'll get to ooh and ahh over my sorbet.
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