Well world, it’s done! The dastardly dissertation was submitted for
board approval (or not) March 5th at 7 AM EST. I’m pretty pleased to have submitted when I
wanted to (actually, I’d have been more pleased to have submitted last
summer). The uninvolved committee man
read through it and praised my efforts.
He suggested a change to one sentence in Chapter 3 that was a marked
improvement. He also insisted that if he
were my chairman, this would have been a mixed methods study. Thank heavens he’s not my chairman because
qualitative research scares me. He also
identified a contribution my research makes that I didn’t recognize, so I added
that. My chairman kept me hanging, so I
texted him March 4th afternoon reminding him that I hoped to submit
March 5th, and would he be able to approve or provide feedback
ASAP? He replied an hour later, saying
to submit. Life is good like that
sometimes.
And what could be worse
than all this? For the 4th time now, I got into whatever I’m
allergic to again. I go back to the
doctor Friday for another steroid shot, but even so, it takes about a week
before I’ll look normal again. I was
supposed to have allergy testing done next week, but cancelled the appointment
because of my trip. So it goes. My nemesis will remain a mystery awhile
longer. *sigh* I have to go to work, shopping, and to a school meeting tomorrow night looking like this :(
Life is very busy this week...and next. I have to fly across the country to attend
three very long days of meetings – a boondoggle if you ask me. It will take me a day to get there and a day
to get home. The agenda is jammed into 3
14-hour days. We will be a cozy bunch
and have lunch and dinner brought into the meeting room. UGH...I hate living with people I work with. I also hate driving in big city traffic.
To make matters worse, I have to be with Erin in
Lexington all day Saturday for an audition.
Sunday, I have to be in Grayson most of the day with Emily who is taking
a piano master class. We are scrambling
to get Erin’s stuff ready for the audition, but a friend who does a lot of
framing is going to help. Thank heavens
for friends!
Worst of all, our microwave bit the dust
tonight. It’s a tragic loss with me
leaving town for a week. Someone does
not use the stove for anything. The
girls will use the oven occasionally, and Emily likes to pan-fry chicken
sometimes. Without a microwave...they
will be lost. I won’t have time to shop
for a new one before leaving, and it’s a built-in appliance which complicates
things for me. I have to make sure the
new one fits in the slot, and I’m not sure I can install it myself. Someone has zero competency with anything requiring
tools and intuition (he’s a hell of a good lawyer though).
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