I'd been worrying about the looming deadlines for my thesis, which I'd intended to defend in May. With the mess that was these last few weeks and the continuing unpredictable evolution of the narrative I'd been working on throughout the past several months, I was really unsure that I'd have something coherent to submit, much less something well-revised.
So I talked with my advisor today. We were on the phone for nearly an hour about the new developments in the work and the (further) changes in direction it's undergone. And we decided it was absolutely a much better idea for me to give the work and myself the time and space necessary to continue growing. Which means there will be no more talk of a defense until fall.
I have to say, my advisor may not always get what I write, but she does understand me. And thank goodness -- without the flexibility she was able to give me, I was going to be this for sure with an end-of-April deposit deadline:
(I know, I know; it's Spanish for sun, but I'm sure you can imagine how the sign looked from far away when D and I came across this restaurant!)
10 comments:
Sounds like a serious stress reduction - which you need right now. Glad it worked out.
Such good news! Glad you will have the space and time that you need in order to do your work. So glad!
*raising a glass to you*
Great news, CT. Hopefully this extension of the deadline will give you time to allow your thesis to grow and breathe the way you want it to.
I will have an award waiting for you on my blog in the morning!
Sherlock, GEW, and Kristen -- thanks :). And GEW, is that port I see? Cheers.
SuziCate -- what fun. I'm coming over!
Oh I am glad you have got this extra time to get right into the zone you need to be in to defend your thesis. You have had so many health worries you cannot possibly have been able to concentrate on matters fully over this past awful winter.
Here's to your adviser - not always in tune with you, but here for you when needed
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Breathing a sigh of relief for you!
And the sign made me laugh :)
FF -- I had to compile a timeline of all the medical stuff for Dr. Specialist (charting what happened each month starting from September 2008). I couldn't believe, when I was done, how much STUFF had happened between then and now. So it does make sense, in retrospect, that trying to write in the midst of all that was a bit more of a challenge!
TKW -- hee hee, I knew I could count on you for at least a grin there. I think I actually thought of you when we saw the sign; the situation struck the same part of my funny bone as do some of the comics you post over at your place :)
Hope you stopped in and had a margarita to celebrate your "S-O-L" turning into an honest-to-goodness ray of "sol." =>
Hee hee, Stacia! We actually went to a different Mexican restaurant a few blocks away called Tequila (no joke).
Thanks for visiting!
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