X: X-hilaration :)

I am DONE. My committee signed off on my PhD with very little comment, criticism, or debate. My public talk went very well, once I got into it, and even though my sister thought I was killing people instead of cancer cells (big difference there), I think it was overall pretty well-understood by the audience. After my talk, I had the private defense, which didn't feel like a defense at all, to be honest. They asked me to clarify a few things, suggested some additional experiments to incorporate into the last part of my written thesis, and then congratulated me and sent me on my way. It was the first time I ever felt like my committee respected me and really acknowledged all the hard work that went into my PhD. Two of the three members that were there yesterday didn't give me any revisions at all, and the third had comments on four or five pages that he ripped out of the binder and handed to me. So it was really a very easy day that I stressed out a LOT for - but I think it was easy because I was so worried, I was definitely really prepared with my talk and my written thesis, which made the whole thing a LOT easier :). And now I will answer to the name of doctor - doctorsquared to come :).

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