Tomorrow I...

defend my dissertation! And then (as of probably around 7pm on 5/29) I'll be Dr. PurrPrints! (how obnoxious would that be?)

Anyway, just had to share - wish me luck!

Good news and sad news

Today, much to my relief, I completed my third and final comprehensive exam, which means (if I passed it--I'm feeling pretty good about it though) that I'm ABD (all but dissertation--a sort of mock degree us grad students give ourselves to somehow recognize the almost-there point of PhD pursuit).

Unfortunately, my celebratory plans for the weekend, the ones Zorro told you all about in the last post, will be postponed because of a death in the family (not someone i was close to, but I am close to the son of the man who passed away and I want to be there to support him) and I'm leaving tomorrow morning for the funeral (though the kitties may still party with their dad while I'm gone, who knows).

Thanks everyone for their patience while I've been away so much working on my studies--hopefully soon I'll be able to be back on more regularly :)

An open invitation to the kitty (and human) blogosphere

Zorro here again. Mom is still studying for her 3rd and final big exam, which is now scheduled to occur this Thursday. That means that this weekend she will be feeling all relieved and happy (even if only for a few days before it dawns on her that now she has to start "dissertating," whatever that means. Crazy humans with their made up words) and thus more inclined to pick us up and dance around the house while we yowl in protest and then reward us with lots of yummy kitty treats for tolerating her craziness.

Thus we wanted to invite anyone else in the kitty and human blogosphere to join us on the fun this weekend in any way you feel like it. I'll be trying to get Mom to post funny pictures of us running around with catnip and treats and such.

Oh and Mom asked me to say thanks to everyone who has sent their well-wishes about her various exams--she says she needs all the help she can get!

At least it's over...

No mocking self-aggrandizement today, just sheer relief that my test is over...6 hours, 13 pages, and a near hyperventilation later and now all I'm hoping for is that I passed it so I don't have to do it again...lol.

And as if to say "see Mommy, we can be good for you the night before your test", look what I saw Puma and Allie Mae doing last night (I guess I can call them cat beds again now, rather than nocat beds--yay!):