An Official Kinda Day

1. I'm too proud of Professor Me, PhD for doin the dang thing and defending for her degree!! I am too happy to be mad that we didn't get a warning so we could wait in anticipation all day. Proud of you girl!!

2. My dissertation is officially off to the Graduate School!! It feels great to be really really done. I feel like I can truly move on to the other academic work I need to get done before school starts.

3. I ordered my academic regalia today. I stopped into a random alteration shop to get measured and ended up having a funny conversation with the tailor(ess?) who was all in my business. I had an email with the measurements I needed which happened to include the price of the gown--she advised that I was paying way too much for a college graduation robe. Then I explained it was for a PhD, and she just about threw me a party in the store! She was so excited and asked me a million questions about my program and marveled a great deal at the fact that I look so young. But it was fun. She even asked me for advice for her daughter who is considering graduate work.

4. I sent my formal request to the Graduate School to notify my department in New School City that I had completed all the requirements for the degree. I think that was my favorite part of the day.

It is cooler here (because of the new window unit), but the AC is still very much out and looks like it will be for a while--given the estimate we got for the damage today. But I'm just glad it is cooler in here than it is out there.