No not Virginia Tech, UVA, and WVU….
Okay, that was a really bad VT joke.
The Good
Everything went really well yesterday. It was my last day of therapy and we bought a house. What a day! The walk through went great, everything looked PERFECT! And closing was brainless and easy. Amazing! Now we are in a whole lot of debt, but at least it is debt to ourselves!! We made sure to have a glass of champagne in the new house to celebrate. The movers come today and I cannot wait to get all situated!
The Bad
Yesterday while we were doing the walk through at the new house, I got an email from my thesis committee chair. It basically said I needed to get my chapters submitted to my thesis committee that day. I hadn’t completely finished my current case study but I knew I couldn’t use any excuses (i.e. I was closing on my house) because I have used could be seen as ‘excuses’ for why I haven’t finished this thing yet–My dad got cancer, my dad died, I got engaged/married, I blew out my knee…etc. There was always something more important going on that my thesis was being pushed to the back burner. So I came home after closing and worked for 5 hours straight on the thesis. I got a lot done but in no way do I think what I submitted was perfect. I did get it submitted to the whole committee (up through case study #1.)
The Ugly
When I turned in my thesis up to this point, I had to put a time line for when they can expect the rest. I said October 15th for case study #2 (we think I can get away with only 2 case studies!) and then November 5th for the conclusion. One of the men on my committee leaves at Thanksgiving and doesn’t come back until some time in 2009. So this means I must defend prior to Thanksgiving. I really need to focus all my energies onto this thesis so that I can get it done. It is now or never. With that said, I have decided to go on blog-hiatus. I may still post here and there through the next two months, but I cannot do a daily (or twice a day) post. I need all my time for this silly little thing called a thesis.
I will be back. And feel free to send me uplifting messages to keep me motivated: sweetsandsweats@yahoo.com or Twitter: Fitzalan
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