And Scene

Today I defeneded!  Huzzah!  And all my paperwork was completed!  Double Huzzah!  Now all that's left is corrections and more science.  In the final strech now.  The paper work jab has to do with this school not confirming that files they should have had already got to them.  Paperwork is always a drag, but an unresponsive bureucracy is worse.  The panic button was hit yesterday around 4:30.  After some quick typing and printing, there was a mad dash to the gradschool offices and papers flying in, and blank stares from the staff.  As if they'd never seen the forms we were handing to them.  So, that was fun.  As worried as I was that I was going to have weird dreams last night of paperwork and such, around midnight, I fell asleep, and didn't wake up until the next day, 6 am, with the alarms going off.  And for the most part, I couldn't have asked for a smoother day.  Only one moment of panic when my laptop mysteriously died just before my talk.  Wouldn't wake up from sleep.  Oddly enough, Dawns did the exact same thing.  But, a quick yank of the battery, and a hard re-boot, and things were back together and running at full power.

Many thanked me for giving such a great presentation, even giving such high praise as, "I usally don't get into that recombination stuff, but I understood your talk."  That was cool.

I was glad my famillies came to town to shar this day with me, and I am excited to see them again in two weeks, at the actual graduation, with the hoods and all.

The selling of stuff has cooled off for now.  Then again, there's not much more to sell.  We've also hit that point where we look at what we have left, and it doesn't seem like all that much, and maybe it will fit in the PODS container.  We may be short one more table and the gas grill soon. Maybe as soon as Saturday.  The grill will be a sad sale.  I didn't think I'd like gas grilling as much as I do, but what do you know.  I do like it.  It is more convient then gas grilling, and I can get some rocket hot temperatures on my cook top.  Broiler and pan fry burgers from here on out, I guess.  I hope we sneak small charcoal grills into where ever we go next.

On to corrections, and then the next thing