State of the 'Stine

I've gotten feedback from all five of my written exams now, and with one exception they were all very good responses. The one that was critical was sort of expected, from a professor who's typically critical of all the wrong things (e.g. the prof didn't have a problem with my actual science). I can deal with that.

My advisor's given me encouragement that orals on Wednesday will go well as long as I don't totally freeze up. Now I just need to make myself address all the extra issues my committee has asked me to brush up on. I find I'm really having a hard time staying motivated now, with one hurdle behind me.So tired of studying. Just one more to go, though, and then this will be behind me and I'll be one step closer to being Dr. Elisel. (Or, as Randy Pausch would say: A doctor, but not the kind who helps people.)

It looks like as soon as orals are done, I'll be heading to South Carolina to help my father move into his new house. My dad's wife will be coming in from Texas and my sister is also there, so it'll be great to see everybody all at once.

I have found time to play with the iPhone a bit, though. It's crack. Shiny, technological crack.

Let's see how long it takes me to break it.