Bit of Ivory

Sorry for the silence. I’ve been SUPER busy. You see. . .

I’ve finished my thesis!

At least, enough to schedule my defense. My chair is satisfied with it, and one of my readers thinks it’s “very good work,” which makes me want to dance, ’cause this is the professor whose class I failed way back when. Whew!

In any case, it now stands at 41 (and a bit) pages and 15,864 words. The defense is tentatively scheduled for November 20, but my chair hasn’t confirmed that he’s available yet. Unfortunately, that date is past the deadline for graduating in December, but as long as I finish everything, including getting the thesis submitted to the library, by December 18, I can still graduate in April without having to take any classes. It doesn’t mattert too much either way for me, since if I were to walk (which I haven’t decided if I’m doing it yet) I wouldn’t do that until April anyway. So it’s just whether my diploma says December or April. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.

I’m almost done. I can’t even tell you how happy this makes me.

Now, to prepare for the defense!