I have so much to be grateful for, this year! I honestly did not know at times if I’d make it, due to the brain…
Continue ReadingLIBRARY
More firsts — now with complimentary typos!
I don’t know why, but I have been bedeviled with typos during my graduation process! This is not something I’ve had such problems with previously……
Continue Reading
IT’S PUBLISHED!!
Woohooo! It’s up! It’s accessible! It’s here! My dissertation, as finally published by ProQuest! “Everyone Gets Lifted Up”: How Matrifocal Families Can Enhance People’s Lives…
Continue Reading
Let’s talk about… money
In specific, let’s talk about student loans — especially since I’m graduating, so the start of my repayment is coming up soon, woot! So, I’ve…
Continue Reading
Dissertation Committee Scorecard: 3 out of 3!
OMG, peeps! I just received the feedback from my third committee member – 3 days early! When I read her report I was so thrilled…
Continue Reading
Diss committee scoreboard: 1 down, 2 to go!
I’m so excited! Yesterday my committee chair told me she thought my dissertation was done enough to send on to the rest of my dissertation…
Continue Reading
It. Is. DONNNNE!!
WOOHOOOOO! Dissertation is COMPLETELY written, yeah! :-D I’m going to take a couple of days to just relax, run around like a mad thing, play…
Continue Reading
Dissertation News!
OMG, I am SO excited! The first three (of five) chapters of my dissertation are completed and reviewed by my Chair! Here’s what she had…
Continue Reading
Quarantine check-in
My household uses the garage mostly for storage. Some of the electrical equipment that runs our computers is kept in there. When our computers started…
Continue Reading
Math is easy — it’s writing that’s haaaard! ;)
Writing up interviews is not easy! From an anthropological perspective, there’s always the worry that I’m committing the ethical crime of appropriating someone else’s subaltern…
Continue Reading