So I'm a doctor now.

[sigerson]

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.

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[pantsie.livejournal.com]

That was quite possibly the best Livejournal entry ever. I'm so glad that you're to the other side of this process and have time now to work your way through all these eloquently described emotions.

Congratulations! (Oh! And we're doing dinner on Fri?)