Hard Work

It has been a while since I have posted anything here. Shame on me! But I do have some good news and progress to report!

I took my comprehensive exams last week. This is one of those situations where the "no news is good news" rule applies. It's still nerve wracking, but I'm feeling better about those papers right now.

This month, I've turned in an annotated bibliography for my proposal and the first draft of my proposal, which I just got back today. My thesis chair said that there's some organizational issues with it, and some things that need clarification, which I will expand upon when I don't feel like I need an IV drip of caffeine! But the questions that I want to ask are very good and she thinks that this will end up being a very interesting project. I've worked on the second draft some already and checked out a book for the library that she recommended. I was extremely nervous when I was writing the first draft, especially since I've never done anything like this before and didn't know what to expect! I really hope that I can publish a few articles in journals with the work I have done for my thesis!

It's just good to know that I'm going in the right direction and that all of this stress and hard work is paying off. The fruit of my labor (i.e. reading until my eyeballs practically fall out of my head the the perpetual noise of the keyboard) is beginning to flower. It's one hurdle that I have successfully jumped with plenty more to go. Writing a thesis is like running a marathon!

Everything is coming together! All of the uncertainty, the stress, the insane amount of coffee/energy drinks, nervousness, hard work, and worry are finally paying off! Right now I'm extremely tired and ridiculously giddy! Now I have to use these positive, happy feelings and thoughts to get me through the rest of the day! I've got two books I'm in the middle of reading for my thesis and two more than I need to start soon.