A very busy week or so. After finally finding a committee replacement I’ve had to coordinate a proposal defense and comprehensive exam before the semester gets started. My advisor was out of town until last Friday, there was a holiday Monday, then an ice storm closed school on Tuesday. Through the magic of e-mail I was able to coordinate a time for the defense and exam, but reserving a room and getting a chance to discuss all of this with my advisor one last time was difficult.

Thankfully, all of the pieces fell into place yesterday afternoon — the graduate student office was able to find me a room, my advisor was in and had generally positive things to say about my presentation, and I even got to meet the fourth member of my committee face-to-face. Even better, my dissertation group was kind enough to put me through the wringer last night and help make sure my presentation was ready to go.

Now I just need to finish the updates and do a few more rehearsals before my defense at 1:30 today. No rest for the weary.