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July 12, 2007
Catching up
I categorize this entry under "school" because so much of what it means to be caught up is to have the sense that my schoolwork - either student work or teacher work - is on track in some way.
After the week in Seattle my mom came to visit and to see her cornfield (the field behind our house, which she graciously purchased to keep it from falling into the hands of those who might build on it - or worse). It was nice to have an actual guest room so she could stay with us, and it was a nice visit. But between the travel and the visit, I was feeling very behind. So the last couple of weeks have been about getting the online class up to date, and working on the preliminary draft of my prospectus, and recruiting a committee for my dissertation.
Yup - dissertation is underway. Some of my colleagues keep a separate blog for the dissertating enterprise, but I think I'll keep mine here. It's going to be the biggest part of my life for the next few months, and the cool part about it (so far) is that I'm still excited about it as a project.
Posted by cageyer at July 12, 2007 08:11 AM