A lot has happened int he last 2 months.  I'll make a list:

• I finished writing, editing....and defending (yay!) my thesis.  Yup, officially "Mastered" SCIENCE!  It feels pretty good.  I'm working through the last few edits right now before I can submit it and finish all the paperwork. And...and...and...I was nominated for a "Department Thesis Award"...so that's cool.  At my defense, there was more discussion about my referencing style and tiny text on figures, than there was about actual SCIENCE....so that was a nice feeling.  Also kind of confusing, because I thought I was ready for the "tough questions" and I really didn't get any....Weird.

• I've been accepted to the PhD program in Biomedical Engineering.  Not just have I "Mastered" SCIENCE!, but I'm soon to "Doctor" (or as I like to think of it...."doctor" as in fix, or heal, or make better) SCIENCE!  I just have to make sure all the paperwork mentioned above is complete and I can move on to bigger and "better" things.  I remember when I called in to the BIOE office when I was weighing my options on where to apply; and asked about the demographics of the program, just out of curiosity.  The secretary looked at my application and pretty much said, "Good luck getting in.  You don't have a 90 average and you're Canadian."  I wonder if she's eating her words now, or if she's just simply cranky and bitter to everyone.

 

• I've been awarded a Scholarship for the first 4 months of my PhD program.  Initially it was supposed to be for full funding (36 months), but because I wasn't enrolled in the PhD program when I was awarded it, it's only for the first little bit.  Apparently the BIOE program is afraid of commitment and will give me the first little bit, but I have to re-compete for the next large bit.  I'm not worried, just frustrated that I wasn't able to get full funding.   I'll have to re-apply in April, but if things keep going at the pace they're at right now, I should have a fairly strong application.

 

• I finished reading the entire Harry Potter series.  Big accomplishment.  Common accomplishment.  I'm glad I visited Hogwarts.  I want Wyatt and Chelsey to start pumping out tiny humans so I can read to them all about Hogwarts.  It was a good ride. 

 

• I FINALLY watched all 14 episodes of Firefly and Serenity.....like 6 times.  It's been on my list for a few years, and seeing as the series is (sadly) so short I was able to plow through it in the last bit of thesis preparation.  (I won't be surprised if a Firefly reference slips through in the last bit of my thesis edits.  I can't get Captain Mal out of my head.)  I also want to introduce the 'verse to Wyatt and Chelsey's tiny humans.  They should get on that because I have a lot of adventures to go on with them.

 

• I unpacked my sewing room....finally.  I've been in this house almost 6 months and haven't unpacked the basement yet.  I rediscovered a couple projects where I've cut all the pieces out (the most tedious part) and have left them for dead.  Now that I'm finished Mastering SCIENCE, maybe I'll have a chance to put the pieces together into something semi-useful like a blanket, or a backpack, or a death-ray gun.

 

• Christmas and New Years has happened in the middle of all this, but there was also the final bits of Mastering SCIENCE, that I really didn't even notice.  Sadly.  My supervisor told me to take some time off.  That'll never happen again, so I think I'm going to take him up on it.  As for when that "time off" will happen....it's a mystery....really.