I'm outta here! (Thesis draft done!)

After years (literally) of agonizing over it, tonight I have completed a draft of my graduate thesis! It is pretty much the only thing I have worked on for the last two weeks. Everybody else left for their summer assignments two weeks ago, but I stayed behind. I did the same thing last year, hoping to make progress on my thesis after everybody left. I ended up completely wasting that time by riding bike and watching hours of the t.v. series "Corner Gas," on DVD. Don't ask me why, but our library has all six seasons. I found that series interesting because it was set in rural Saskatchewan, not too far from home, and because it's hilarious.

But not this year. This year, I buckled down and cranked away on the thesis, thanks be to God! It's actually quite nice around here when it's quiet and I don't have to rush to ten thousand different things each day. This scenario was perfect for thesis progress.

Tomorrow morning I will pray, attend Mass, and quickly pack up my things for the summer. Tomorrow night I'll be in Wisconsin visiting my brother, sister-in-law, and my new little nephew. After that, on to North Dakota.

Adios, Saint Louis. See you in the fall.

-Jason