more than a month later, the thesis is written, submitted to my department, and waiting to be defended. i will take care of this minor detail next wednesday - a week from tomorrow. when asked if i am ready to tackle the defending i would answer yes. being a master's thesis, i don't feel the overwhelming reality that i am becoming an *official* expert on my topic. rather, i'm just going to be presenting my work to a bunch of professors who have read about it, explaining why i spent 3 years doing the work, and then acknowledging that there are some things i could have done differently although i ultimately made good choices in designing the experiments. i need to finish making the slides for my defence presentation tomorrow.
since all of this thesis business went down, i have been otherwise occupied with packing up my apartment and relocating. for the past 3 years i've lived in the basement of a wonderful family i know through connections i made as an RA in my undergrad. i loved this basement apartment for its exposed brick walls, its little gas fireplace, its personal sauna in the bathroom, and its muted avocado green walls, but i can only handle 3 years of living under the ground. to rectify this situation, i moved to the third floor of a house last weekend. i am now unpacked enough to get dressed everyday, and have most of my furniture reassembled. percy seems to enjoy soliciting cuddles from the roommates, and has sorted out his 5 favourite nap spots. overall, i'm thrilled to be waking up to sunlight spilling through my massive north-facing window.
i have spent the past couple of days in ottawa, catching up with my parents, brother, and a best friend who is briefly home from the other side of the planet. tomorrow i'll be back to my new house in toronto and initiating the quick countdown to becoming a master of science... will be around more from now on.
