December 1st - The first day of my last month in Prince George...
It is starting to feel real that I am soon leaving Prince George. I paid my last phone and rent bills, sold my bed (thankfully they are not picking it up for two weeks, or that would be a long time to sleep on the floor...), canceled my phone service, started arranging things to give/throw away, applied to a few jobs and even finished almost all of my Christmas gifts (not the assembling, baking, wrapping part that will happen frantically last minute, but the shopping/deciding part).
Even though I am getting ready to leave, finishing grad school doesn't feel real at all. And for good reason... I won't know if I am actually done until after my defence, which I am getting really, really, nervous for. All of the defences that I've been to watch have resulted in minor revisions or a clear pass. But I heard about one last week where major revisions were required. Ugh. If I get stuck with major revisions then I have to keep editing until everyone is satisfied, which would mean into January and another tuition charge. The worst part? That isn't even worse case scenario - out right failing would be. Right now, I am expecting minor revisions, dreading the possibility of major ones, and trying to ignore the failing possibility. I know, my time would be better spent preparing than worrying, but I can't help the butterflies already forming in my stomach.
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