1. I passed my comprehensive exams.
Yeah. I did that. I was honestly shocked when my advisor said, "annnd, I'm just calling to tell you that you passed!" Honestly, I returned her call when I did (got back to my office to find a message to call her) because I thought, "it's okay, I have to drive an hour and a half, it'll be safe to cry." True story. I didn't expect to pass them all on the first try - I was a little concerned about not passing enough of them to get a second chance.
2. At the end of the not-crying drive I discovered a mysterious computer glitch that found me re-creating presentation slides for a conference at 9:00 p.m. the night before from a borrowed computer in a hotel room. Point being: don't get too cocky, kids. Something's bound to come along and knock your feet out from under you.
3. On a related note, Windtalker and I are both moving this month. It's a whole thing. We'll be glad when it's all over. We'll be so better off. And, bonus, this will be our place, not just a place one of us moved into that really is the other's place.
4. I still have two papers to go. Don't go getting cocky, kids. Did I mention that already? If you, like someone else I am well acquainted with, thought it would be smooth sailing once I got past the exams, you were sadly mistaken. It's going to be ok. I'll pull it off. I'll pass. It's just going to be a challenging 12 days.
5. Graduation. December 17. I get a hood, yo. My parents are going to be super-stoked to see me looking funny. In pictures - they're going to be doubly far away when I graduate - they're going to see my brother and his wife, instead.
6. Windtalker baked me a birthday cake with his own two hands. I wish I'd taken a picture. It's pretty much the best birthday cake I've ever had. Although a Cherry Chip cake delivered by the two cutest nephews ever is a competitor for that slot, too. May my birthday cakes only get better with every passing year.
7. Did I ever get around to mentioning that Other Boss is gone? He "deserted" because he was appointed a prestigious government position. So more than ever, it's all about me on that project. No pressure. Good thing I can just take my work home (since I have nothing else taking up my time and attention these days).
8. I'm sure there's much, much more. I'm thinking about you, really I am. I've just got to stay focused a bit longer. Someday soon I'll be just lavishing in all the spare time I have.
p.s. Amid my work events I stumbled across this sign. Printed out and posted every few feet in a clinic. True Story. It made me giggle.
p.p.s. A lot of things have made me think good thoughts, lately. Check out this Thousand Dollar Dress project.
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5. Graduation. December 17. I get a hood, yo. My parents are going to be super-stoked to see me looking funny. In pictures - they're going to be doubly far away when I graduate -
Yeah, nobody told me about this until we got an invitation from the President of Milligan to attend or we WOULD be there. And some discussion was held about changing the schedule and I was told it wasn't going to work out
Chill Pill. Before anybody goes getting offended by my truly-just-being-informative-not-accusatory comments.
I added the note about you not being here because I didn't want to mislead anyone that you'd be here, but I know y'all get a kick out of regalia and that you'd like to see it.
Graduating after all of the ridiculous barriers over the last 6 years IS a big deal, but I'm doing my best to just be proud that I've accomplished it. Mostly I'm just relieved.
*and the irony of the sign is that there were so many of them, not that the clinic is dark. I get that. I've been on the in-the-shower side of that a few times, if you remember.
Yes, I mis-spoke and meant to say ETSU. I just want to make sure you know we are proud of you and would be there if we could.
Go Jill! You can do it! You can do it! One more paper now! Here's wishing you some great chillaxin. ;) Also, don't ask me why (freakish-ness?)but I wrote on my old blog. Wonders will never cease.
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