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So I'm a doctor now.
And I have a bunch of feelings about that.
I've been working on this dissertation for a while now. It's been a year since I posted last, and, well...
And there was a. lot. of. writing.
Then, after making revisions based on my first two readers' comments:
I handed it in to my whole committee:
I don't know if it was really ready for prime time:
but I did it anyway:
And then there was the defense. Rescheduled at the last minute because one of my readers was hospitalized:
(she's fine now)
This was the hardest two hours of my life. First there was my presentation:
this met with mixed reactions from the committee:
and they asked me a lot of tough questions:
my responses might not have been the best:
and it kind of felt like:
but I've been assured that it came out okay:
even if it seemed to be more:
(and okay, maybe I wanted to:)
after that they gave me some minor revisions:
and we celebrated:
and now?
Well, there's a feeling of accomplishment, certainly:
But mostly, I have a lot of mixed feelings, and haven't quite been able to sort them all out. Sometimes I'm all:
and other times it's just:
and then sometimes:
I'm not really sure what to think or feel, only that I've got a lot of feelings, and I'm hoping to sort them all out in time. But overall...it feels good.
I've been working on this dissertation for a while now. It's been a year since I posted last, and, well...
And there was a. lot. of. writing.
Then, after making revisions based on my first two readers' comments:
I handed it in to my whole committee:
I don't know if it was really ready for prime time:
but I did it anyway:
And then there was the defense. Rescheduled at the last minute because one of my readers was hospitalized:
(she's fine now)
This was the hardest two hours of my life. First there was my presentation:
this met with mixed reactions from the committee:
and they asked me a lot of tough questions:
my responses might not have been the best:
and it kind of felt like:
but I've been assured that it came out okay:
even if it seemed to be more:
(and okay, maybe I wanted to:)
after that they gave me some minor revisions:
and we celebrated:
and now?
Well, there's a feeling of accomplishment, certainly:
But mostly, I have a lot of mixed feelings, and haven't quite been able to sort them all out. Sometimes I'm all:
and other times it's just:
and then sometimes:
I'm not really sure what to think or feel, only that I've got a lot of feelings, and I'm hoping to sort them all out in time. But overall...it feels good.
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I love that I can now refer to you as The Doctor.
I hope that eventually the good feelings far outweigh the bad.
and I wonder where that last image comes from -- i really like the art! i'm assuming it's fanart and not something officially Portal?
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and also, I love when friends get doctorates. :-D YAY FOR YOU!
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as are you. YAY DR. AWESOME! i mean dr. sigerson.
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<3
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Congratulations, Doctor!
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(and I am honored that LBD gifs helped you express yourself!)
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(Can relate to the mixed feelings about the dissertating process, but mostly: yay.)
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(Is "My whole brain is crying" from Community? If so, the characters are significantly more difficult to identify scrolling down in black-and-white.)
Congratulations again, well-deserved Doctor.
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AH! That explains it
MAZEL TOV Doc!
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So bummed I missed the celebrating, but hooray for you! It makes sense to me that there would be a jumble of emotions after finally reaching this point. *hug*
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Congratulations! (Oh! And we're doing dinner on Fri?)
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You have now earned awesomeness in two separate ways. A PhD, and . Rock on. :)
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For now: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
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