It’s Friday the 13th, which has always been a lucky day for me — so I’ve decided this is also the day in which I shall restart my blog in hopefully new and interesting ways! For example, if you wish, you can soon listen to me speaking my thoughts, rather than simply reading it yourself….
I don’t know why, but I have been bedeviled with typos during my graduation process! This is not something I’ve had such problems with previously… so in the spirit of finding the positive in my life, I’m adding this as an amusingly undesired first, to my list of new things I’ve experienced this year, in…
Friday the 13th has always been a good day for me. I remember, as a child, wondering why people were so afraid of it, especially since Friday the 13th was the day when my sister and I received our first horse. We named him Friday’s Luck, or Lucky for short. He was an obstinate little…
Woohooo! It’s up! It’s accessible! It’s here! My dissertation, as finally published by ProQuest! “Everyone Gets Lifted Up”: How Matrifocal Families Can Enhance People’s Lives and Reduce Systemic Patriarchal Oppressions If you want to read it, please enjoy — and (since I know it’s rather long, and heavy going!) if you get through it, please…
In specific, let’s talk about student loans — especially since I’m graduating, so the start of my repayment is coming up soon, woot! So, I’ve had people ask me how I can, in good conscience, support any sort of student loan forgiveness — when my doing so is clearly really just self-aggrandizement on my part….
[later edit: OK, this was supposed to go up on September 16th… but apparently I was so excited that I forgot to hit the Publish button! So here it is — better late than never, I guess! ;) ] I’m a doctor! I can hardly believe it! Holy smokes, I just about sailed through my…
OMG, peeps! I just received the feedback from my third committee member – 3 days early! When I read her report I was so thrilled I was almost hyperventilating! Her first sentence was: This dissertation is truly exemplary: original, innovative, cutting-edge, smart, eloquent, heartfelt, profound, and passionate. …and her last sentence was: In conclusion, the…
I’m so excited! Yesterday my committee chair told me she thought my dissertation was done enough to send on to the rest of my dissertation committee! So today I pieced all the chapters together, filled out all the paperwork, and sent it all on — woohoooo! Hard to believe it, but I’m getting ever closer…
WOOHOOOOO! Dissertation is COMPLETELY written, yeah! :-D I’m going to take a couple of days to just relax, run around like a mad thing, play with Goldie, and do the laundry… and then I’ll settle down and start working on the NEXT batch of things which need doing! Stuff like, ohhh… Get the last two…
OMG, I am SO excited! The first three (of five) chapters of my dissertation are completed and reviewed by my Chair! Here’s what she had to say: I’ve read your revised 3 chapters with great pleasure! I am not one to exaggerate, so please believe me when I say you have done BRILLIANT work. I…