Two steps forward, one step back

It still hurts when people ask if my parents will be at graduation. (Seriously, y'all, Thailand is very far away. And they are definitely not made of money. They are also in the middle of leaving Thailand forever so...) However, I can recognize now (more than before, anyway) how important it is to celebrate what I've done. I did so well! I'm very proud of myself. Just have to finish this thesis thing...

Today I met with my advisor, who had five million things to add to the prospectus. Actually, that's an exaggeration, but there were some surprising additions that rather dashed my hopes of presenting my draft to my committee. This is where my over-anal research practices come in handy, because I have some articles with lovely notes that I can use to write a few more paragraphs instead of having to find some completely new stuff. Patience, patience.

All nighter, ahoy. I want this thing in the hands of my committee STAT.