MILESTONE

Guess what?!

My dissertation is in the hands of my committee now! All 368 pages.

That's right. 368 pages.

Well, minus about 20 pages of reference/ bibliography notes, title page, acknowledgments, etc... That's still about 348 pages worth of writing. 

PHEW! Any wonders I'm burned out? My body has been so stressed that I've not been able to sleep well, I'm short tempered, my face has broken out with pimples, and I've contracted a cold. Urgh!

Going to take the next few days to rest and decompress, and have a good July 4th/ birthday weekend. 

Then I'll prepare for July 13, when I defend. 

Off to sleep!!! 

Almost done, done, done

Thought I should record this just because it's a milestone for me.

I finished my first draft of my entire dissertation yesterday! Introduction, six chapters, and Conclusion. WOO HOO!

The next 2.5 weeks will be spent revising, and if necessary, rewriting large sections (hopefully not). Then on June 29, it will be out of my hands.

I don't know whether to panic or feel relief about it. Ha ha. All I know is that I'm burned out, and this last 100 meters in this marathon is really, really, really, really, really tough.

I'm so glad today is the Sabbath Day to recharge!