Sunshine

It has been a long week or so since I last posted.

Full confession: I really hoped I'd missed the deadline to apply to walk in graduation. Then I wouldn't have to decide, even though I would have decided through my indecision. (And I could also be filled with life-long regret, because that's just how I roll sometimes.) But I got a reminder email and figured it was a sign that I should fill out the form and then I felt much better about everything, in some ways. So no regret about that, I guess. I just hate feeling like an orphan charity case at these things.

Anyway. Same day I met with my advisor and he was like, prospectus almost ready! This is kind of terrifying. Now I have to defend it. And get criticism! Eek! However, I need to do that, and I'm kind of excited too. (I mean, I really do like my thesis topic. Kind of a lot. Which makes the potential criticism that much scarier. But, but, but. That's part of the deal. Learning to be comfortable with imperfections kind of sucks. Learning how to write and rewrite has probably been one of the hardest things to keep on learning this grad school experience.)

It just feels like everything has shifted into hyperspeed. At least the sun and warmer weather has decided to show up more often.