hi there!

So yesterday was the big day. I defended for my master's degree and at the end of the 85 minutes, i was handed a blue slip of paper that said "pass". Very exciting, I will tell you.

Working on that process really took me out of the loop in terms of blogging or even general communication. I hope that the next five weeks will bring somewhat of a lessening in the stress and work category. Except, of course, that I'm starting to stress about not having a job. My GA ends on May 8. I've applied for a job here on campus and one in Des Moines but other than that, I'll need to have some pretty stellar nights at the ol' LU if I'm going to have to survive on bartending alone. It's incredible how the stress of yesterday rolled right into a new set of stresses today.

But I'm aware this is something I don't have any control over. I can't apply for jobs that don't exist and when they do come open, I need to put together a package that sells me well.

*sigh*

or win the lottery