Home Stretch

Eight weeks.

There are only eight weeks left of my academic career.

Yeah sure, I could miraculously pass the Ph.D. Qualifying exam on the second try with no preparation, but I doubt it will happen. Even if it does, who says I'll even complete a Ph.D. A masters is good enough for me at this point in my life. Maybe I'll go back to school when I decide to have children.

Anywho, we're coming to the end of spring break as I type this. Over spring break, I:

- Attended a LAN party
- Worked a ten hour day, an eight hour day, and a four hour day
- Went to the oxygen bar at the Mall of America
- Completely failed to get any homework done
- Went to Duluth and sampled delicacies such as a BrewHouse Elk Burger, Sammy's House Special, and Italian Village cannolis and lasagna
- Helped my mom construct emails to the funeral parlors in Mount Pleasant and Burlington that also make monuments
- Drove back to Minneapolis and promptly went to Dave's house and watched Twilight New Moon Rifftrax
- Slept several hours past my alarm(s)

I suppose it's been a good spring break. I wish it would last longer. In eight weeks, I will be a fully-fledged MASTER OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. I haven't heard back from the graduate office... so hopefully I can get this sorted out soon. Hopefully, I will be able to continue to handle 20 hours of work a week, on top of 12 credits of graduate classes. With the added stress and grief of my father's passing, I may have to drop a class and finish in the summer. I think I can manage.

Cross your fingers for me.