Thursday, July 29, 2010

Thursday, July 29, 1:16 P.M.


1 year, 11 months, and 14 days of research
4 states
244 pages,
64,554 words
85 bibliographic references,
one 66-minute long half hour meeting with Rackham,
46 minutes of fuming at Microsoft Word,
5 years of anticipation,
4.5 years of considering other options,
2 advisors,
2 apartments,
4 roommates,
1 dog,
144 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
and uncountable days at the institute, batches of cookies, games of Settlers of Cataan, morning runs, tears, breakthroughs, friends, and prayers
later:

14 comments:

me said...

Congratulations, Amy. That's fabulous.

Alecia said...

You're amazing. Well done!

Jess said...

Congrats! I am glad you are starting up the book blog again.

k nelle said...

Wow! Congratulations!!!! It's official!

SEAN said...

I bow down to your Doctorism!!

~ Malissa ~ said...

You did it!! You finally did it!! Wow. Congratulations!!

P.S. I think you forgot 100.5 distractions, 2 apple brand laptops, I don't even know how many trips out of the country, 250 different itune playlists, countless nights of Lost, and 1 trip to BYU!! :-D

I can't wait for you to move out here!! Congratulations, Amy!! You are an inspiration!

Abominable's Main Squeeze said...

...and 212 "I don't want to do this anymore"s. But you did and we are so proud of you!
Congratulations!!

Abominable's Main Squeeze said...

Awesome! Just awesome! WE LOVE YOU!

Abominable's Main Squeeze said...

That last one was from me - Dad.

Erin Gong said...

A fitting way of announcing the good news for a numbers person.

Unknown said...

Hooray! Congrats, Doctor. (Can we call you Dr. Jeppsen yet?)

A. Pearce said...

Ahh! How did I miss this?? Congratulations! You are inspirational.

KMDuff said...

Congratulations! Way to go! You did it!

Unknown said...

woot, woot! so proud of you!