an update

Sorry about the lack of updates. I didn't think anyone read this anymore, but was corrected the other day. My sincere apologies.

I just finished and submitted my final draft of my thesis. By final I don't really mean final because I'm sure there will corrections to make after my defense. Speaking of the defense, having to do one after finishing the written part of my paper is AWFUL. I just want to be done. I just want them to say, "Hello! You've done amazing work. Here's your masters. Now, go to Florida." Instead, I'm fiddling with Powerpoint (and I'd rather use Keynote, but don't want to pay for it) trying to make some coherent 20 minute talk. My paper is 56 pages long. Squeezing that to 20 minutes is less than pleasant. My mom and Evan are coming up for the defense which makes me exceedingly happy. My committee isn't awful, but there is at least one unfriendly face and one smartie so I'm relieved to have happy smiling people there. Oh, and my good friend Laura is coming back from GA just for me. Talk about making someone feel special.

In other events, "we" settle on the house this afternoon. By "we" I mean Evan. I can't be down there and my name will be changing so it's really just him today. Goooooo settlement. We picked out the colors for the house when I visited and we picked out furniture. It's not what I had envisioned for furniture, but it's grown on me.

I move in four weeks. I'm really excited. Blair is driving down with me. I'm thinking about getting a book on tape (probably the first Harry Potter). If you have any suggestions, let me know.

Back to working on the presentation of death.