Please oh, Please oh PLEASE!

I feel as though I am pregnant (I'm not) and I can't tell anyone because it is too early in the pregnancy (again, I am NOT pregnant) and something might happen. So by writing this blog I am sure that I will jinx myself, but alas I will write it anyway. So to make a long story short, I have been in grad school working on my PhD (with no Masters) for 4 years now. When I began I hoped to be done this May, but as my study start date kept getting pushed back, I knew that my May 2009 graduation date was no longer, we quickly passed by August 2009 as well, but December looked promising. Well I didn't get as many subjects as I had hoped this Spring, so I needed more participants in the Fall and there went December 2009 graduation. I had begun to accept the idea of a May 2010 graduation. Well yesterday my professor told me I could be done with my data collection after this group of women were through (which is in a few weeks) and I could begin writing my dissertation. He said I can count on and plan for a December 2009 graduation!! Now I can put the countdown back on my Facebook profile, heh. I will help someone in my lab with the next group of women in the Fall, but I will not need to include them in my dissertation. This being said, it might all change. And I know it's not a huge deal one way or the other. I just want to be done and officially have the degree, so I don't have to worry about anything happening to take it away from me. Thank you all for all of your support through the years. I will keep you posted and let me know when we'll be celebrating. Now back to work, so I can get done!

Well

Life over the past couple of weeks has been a crazy mess, emotionally and physically. The clean up has begun, so hopefully I'm on a road to a full recovery. Things are just really busy. The past couple of weeks have been full of long work days with little sleep on either end, but that's life. With the good the bad and the ugly, I have found I have the most amazing friends at this point in my life. Friends on which I can depend. Friends who love me unconditionally, which is quite an amazing feat. They have yet to tell me to stop complaining and talking about the same issues over and over again. They help without question or motive. They have true concern for my well being and are always there to bring a smile to my face! Through these crazy weeks I have had an awesome time with many friends. For everything, I am truly thankful. You have no idea how much your friendship means to me.