John's Blog

John E. Hayes, PhD

So at risk of sounding like a naive high schooler quoting the Dead, let me say what a long strange trip it's been, but I finally made it. The odd part is that I had essentially the same reaction as I had when we got married - awaking up the next morning, nothing really felt different. I mean, it was nice to make everything official, but it wasn't some dramatic seachange.

My defense went very well or so they tell me. :) It was all a bit of a blur, but I felt good up at the front of the room, like I was totally on top of my game and in the place I needed to be to really nail it. I must have done a bang up job on the dissertation as well, because my committee didn't even want any corrections and said I could file it with the grad school as is. I thought everybody had to do at least some corrections. Anyway, one chapter is published already, only three to go. Then Val and I only have another 37 projects to wrap up. :)

---