Exhale

Ahhhhhhhhh. Man, this one feels GOOD. After days, weeks, a whole month of excruciating work with this chapter, I finally have it DONE. As it turns out, there was still more that needed to be added to the never ending Chapter Two for me to feel comfortable with it. But it is now ready to go out. Damage when it was all said and done--45 pages. Gracious.

Tomorrow I'll proof the new pieces I added to it--just a quick reading of typos and I need to double-check my footnotes. And then I will SEND IT OFF to my advisors. Hopefully I can get it out before the food is off the grill (yeah its Labor Day cookout time!) It is going to feel incredible to get this thing off my desk. I already feel like a tremendous weight has been lifted even though I technically have one more step to finish this draft.

Special thanks to Dr. J for encouraging me through this one. I needed it and I got your back as you finish your paper.