Dissertation Update

[sabrinamari]

I met with my advisor today. The news is not what I'd hoped. He gave me additional changes---serious ones, of course. We found a way to restructure the last half of the dissertation to incorporate his changes together with Louisa's changes. That's good This is the plan: I work all weekend for the next 5 weekends in a row as follows: Sept 4&5: Revise and restructure Chapter 5 Sept 11&12: Revise and restructure Chapter 6 Sept. 18&19: Revise and restructure Chapter 7 (All of the above were formerly Chapter 5 and 6, now recombined into new forms) Sept. 25&26: Revise first half of conclusion Oct. 2&3: Revise second half of conclusion (The conclusion will be a totally new rewrite) Weekdays I will work at my CSHP job. Weekday evenings I will put together my post-doc application packets. Then, in October: Oct. 8: My defense date is publicly announced on the anthropology list-serv Oct 7-10: I am out of town for the Blue Star Family Gathering---I might leave Wednesday night, on the 6th Oct. 15: I place a review copy of my dissertation with all changes in the anthropology department Oct.16&17: REST and SLEEP Oct 23&24: Prepare for my defense Oct 29: Defend my dissertation Oct. 30: BIG PARTY!!!!!! Plan to attend. : ) Oct. 31: SAMHAIN Nov. 2: Day of the Dead Nov.4: ELECTION DAY Nov.5: My birthday Nov. 6&7: Birthday celebration weekend. I might go away with Ken that weekend. So when will I have free time again? Probably mid-November. Important: I did not cry in front of Peter when I got this news. I have not cried at all.