On Saturday, I submitted my hopefully final draft of my PhD dissertation to my adviser. It has a total of 99, 130 words which can be included in the word count to meet the requirement of 100,000 words (+/- 10%). There are also 44 pages of appendices. (My blog has a total of only 97,737 prior to this post, which were all from 2015. Quite a prolific year!)
The push at the end was hard-won. It isn’t perfect, as it would never be perfect, but it was fine to send to my adviser. I still have work to do this week while he reads it and compiles a list of edits and recommended changes. I’ll be working more on citation checks.
After I finally submit, there will be some preparations for the defense, including reading quite a bit of the works of the defense committee members. However, my focus will turn to learning Swedish for teaching this fall in Sweden. I’ll also get out my Christmas cards, which were delayed from dissertation crunch preparations.
It’s been a while since my last post. Yes, I’ve been a bit busy. So, here are some of the breaks I took from writing.
Other noteworthy events, especially because they revolve around Anya!
(I stayed home and took a nap and savored the gift of the Sabbath.)
Blessings for 2016,
Beth