we could be out here for hours

[f1renze]

Oh, my god. The last 2+ weeks have been a lot more stress and drama than I ever thought I could handle in an entire lifetime. But it's over now. And not only did I survive, I survived. And right now, all I wanna do is take a moment to appreciate the good stuff.

Because I just turned in the final -- revised, approved, final -- version of my dissertation. This feels more real to me than passing the defense, because everything's now official: I really have the Ph.D.

There's so much I want to say, and those words will come, but right now I'm a useless ball of RELIEF and I need to recover first. But yes.

I did it. It is done.


Note to self: sweetestdrain and nerdanel are your guardian angels, and Matt Pond PA's "It Is Safe" took you to the homestretch. Remember this.

Oh -- also remember that this is the year your school starts doing online diss submissions, and that this makes you feel so Next Generation, yo.

Comments

[nerdanel.livejournal.com]

Flo!!!!!!1 My goodness. Within hours of each other. And for once, you came up with a longer post than I did. ;)

CONGRATS!!! Are we to the part where I get to smirk and say I told you so and act all know-it-all? Let me know when we get to that part. Because that's my favorite part.

I'm still stuck on the Dr. Flo, Ph.D. part, though. I like that part too.

May 12, 2006. This is our day. We win at life.

[f1renze.livejournal.com]

Oh, Beth. Can you believe it?!

We really crossed the line together, my friend. Like we were supposed to. It happened just like this. And I've never felt so happy for as long as I can remember.

Our day. Forever and ever.