And There Was Much Rejoicing!

I heard back from my dissertation chair today about my introduction chapter. She liked it (with, of course, there always still needing to be more editing... that never ends!) :) So I am officially off vacation starting Tuesday. I've had approximately three weeks of house-projects and lollygagging, and I will get back to hard editing on Tuesday. I'm not kidding myself that I'll do anything over this Labor Day weekend. Too many people in the house.

The nicest thing about the comments from Dr. R. was that since it's taken me a long time to get to this point, I get the feeling she was beginning to worry that I am a complete idiot who will never get done. But with the strength of this chapter, I think she's probably relieved, and thinking "okay, so she WILL eventually write the damn thing and I'll be done with it!" :) I could tell from her comments that she is re-excited about my project, and that I'm not a "chore" to deal with (which I think I may have been dragging myself into in her category-- just cause it's taken so long!).

So that's good.

We have had a busy weekend this far... we went to the lake house yesterday with a couple of friends and ended up staying the night for various reasons. This afternoon, there's another big gathering of the "friend" clan at a party across town. Whew! Summer is almost over, and actually, I am right on target with my dissertation and ready for Fall.!