At 10am Friday the 27th I will be defending my dissertation.
I was sweating a little because my outside committee member needed to book his plane ticket but the chair of the committee was out of town. The outside committee member went ahead and started a dialog about a day and time and my adviser said let's go with this day and time even though the chair had never responded to the e-mails. Well the chair e-mailed this morning (or last night) and said sorry she hadn't responded and that the time worked for her. Yeah!!
Now, as long as I pass I can go to the West Coast a happy person.
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Again, thanks for the comments. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the co-authors need to approve a manuscript before submission (silly husband).
I do think part of my funk is working from home in the Midwest. I don't think all of it is due to being away from the department. I think department activities would suck up time and possible make me take longer. However, I do miss social interactions. So I think missing the department would be ok if I had more friends in this area to hang out with. This is why I talk EcoGeoFemme's ear off every time we meet for lunch.
And I should get more excited about new projects. Good idea. I don't know what I'll be doing when we move and there are no positions right now I'm excited about but I should just dive back into the literature and see what's hot. Maybe read the -ology of where I will be living.
About Me
- Jennie
- I have a Ph.D. in Geology, which was on groundwater contamination. It took me five years of living on the East Coast and one year in the Midwest. Now I'm back on the West Coast (near the beach!) and have a job with a small consulting firm of around 30 employees. This job is 1 mile from my house. Let's see how I like consulting!
7 comments:
YAY! Glad it all worked out!
Congratulations on having a defense date!!!! :-)
YAY! Congrats! N.A. is defending on that day as well, so I will be sending you some happy thoughts at the same time. :)
yay for a defense date! congratulations.
congrats on a defense date, yay! almost there!!
Wow, congrats on the date! And Good Luck!!!
I had almost the same experience with the chair of my committee, only that he didn't email for more than a few weeks! But the defense date was really worth waiting for. I'd love to know what your thesis is about. Hope the defense went smoothly.
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