Well I graduated yesterday. I turned in my dissertation at the end of may and am now done - I have a postdoc to boot! I am one lucky bunny.

The department graduation was great, but long. It was longer than when I got my MA, and was complete with speeches. I got a little light headed because we had rushed to the car in the morning and all I had had to eat or drink was a cup of coffee. We had to be there at 11:30 and the ceremony ended at 2:30ish. There was food, but I was so busy talking to family that I didn't get to eat. My mom and dad got to meet advisor and find out who the guy I constantly talked about was.

A funny thing happened - My sister kept asking if she could keep my hood and was sad to find it was rented (if I had actually bought it I don't think I would have gotten it back). For some reason she is really fascinated with the hood, she didn't want to cap or the gown, just the hood...

Now back to cranking out emails to politicians and other luminaries...

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