My last set of grades were posted today.
My degree will be conferred by the end of the week.

Graduation  GPA = 3.878

Feeling pretty good about it.

Tomorrow is my last day of grad school! Yippeeeee!!!!

Tonight, I have to write an annotated bibliography, a short reflection paper, and buy some candy for my presentation tomorrow. I think I can handle it.

Then tomorrow.... I'm getting a massage, going out for drinks with friends, giving my last grad school presentation EVER, and then I'm opening the celebratory bottle of champagne that has been sitting in my fridge for the last month! And then Friday, Jon and I are leaving for a nice long vacation. Woo!

One week from today I will be done with graduate school.
ONE WEEK! ONE WEEK! ONE WEEK!

I can't wait. I also can't seem to get my homework done.

17 days!

So close.

24 days until I'm done forever!

34 Days

In the last month, I've found THREE grey hairs on my head.
One for each year of grad school.

48 days. 

Hell yes.

I commenced on Sunday.
My official last day of graduate school is August 11th - 58 days from today.

I can't wait to have my life back. 

86 days until I am officially done with grad school.
Maybe my blog will get more exciting after that.
Maybe.

Jon: How is your paper coming along?
Me: Oh fine. I'm half way done.
Jon: That means you still have five pages to write.
Me: I know. It's not due until tomorrow.
Jon: Maybe you should drink some coffee.
Me: No, I'm tired. And besides, I'm not in college anymore. I need to go to bed.
Jon: You ARE still in college.
Me: Oh yeah.

Beer helps me write, right?

I just registered for spring quarter.

Only one more quarter after that. My remaining credits just dropped in to the single digits!

I'm taking my comprehensive exams on Saturday. I'm starting to feel adequately prepared. However, the task of summarizing three years of knowledge into a four hour exam is slightly daunting.

Once I'm done with the exams, I'll be one step closer to completing my degree. Only two quarters left, then I get my life back.

I wonder what I'll have to write about when I finish my degree...

Also, the Seahawks vs. Saints playoff game is today. Even though the Seahawks are (probably) going to lose, I still have a bottle of champagne on-hand just in case there is a reason to celebrate.

I'm also trying to not waste food. So today I made spinach dip, spinach lasagna, and spinach quiche. Now lets hope we can eat all of those items...

I got a 4.0 this quarter.
Whoop whoop!

I'm wrapping up the quarter tomorrow. Just one last paper to finish writing and turn in... then I have nothing to worry about except finishing Christmas shopping, packing for Disneyland, and the many Christmas parties coming up in the next few weeks.

I am beyond excited for our trip to California. The longest trip Jon and I have ever taken with just the two of us was our honeymoon, which was only four days long. This time, we're taking a whole week off :) I always love doing something special at the end of the quarter to reconnect after a long and crappy time of never seeing each other for more than an hour or two at a time. This will be our best trip yet! Plus, I LOVE DISNEYLAND and I've never been there during Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

Things I've Learned Because of Grad School....

1.) APA: It's much more complicated than I ever thought possible, and yet somehow it is now drilled into my brain.
2.) I'm lactose intolerant: If it wasn't for all of those late night lattes to help me power through class, it might have taken me years to figure it out.
3.) Just because someone is earning their Masters degree, doesn't mean they're smart. Seriously. If you don't think you're smart enough for graduate school, you're wrong. 

That's all for now.

This weekend has been lame.

Jon and I have both been working overtime - although I have actually gotten to enjoy my weekend. Jon on the other hand, wrapped up this week with 65 hours under his belt - and he's at the office again today.

I'm fully immersed in the quarter now, with four weeks down and seven more to go. Then I'll have three weeks of freedom in December, and the rest of the year will be a full blown sprint towards graduation.

Since Jon's at work today (with the car), I've been cleaning like crazy. Our house has been falling apart the last couple weeks, since most nights neither one of us is home before 10pm. I got out my fall tablecloth, put a wreath up, and have generally trying to make our place feel a little more homey. It's hard when there's no budget for house decorations, and no time to get creative with what we have.

We're taking a mini-vacation at the end of October to try and recover from this awful month. It's nice to have something to look forward to.

Only 9 months of school left.

And then you may call me Master Kristin. 

Jon and I are on vacation this week.
Sadly, I've spent a lot of it doing homework.

Right now, Jon is at home, probably playing video games and eating Coco Puffs.
I'm stuck at Starbucks writing a research paper on sexual orientation change efforts and how utterly bogus they are. At least the APA agrees with me.