On the academic side...
As you saw in the previous post, I got to attend commencement when I was at home, and a lot of people have been asking me "What next?" The answer is a little complicated, but the simple answer is: hopefully the same thing I've been doing for awhile, just better. That being said, I'm actually not quite done with my coursework, nor do I hold that piece of paper that gives me a new set of qualifications. Since this past summer was the last time we would all meet together, we got to join the graduation ceremony, but we actually still have a semester's worth of coursework still left to do, so I'll be working on assignments until the end of the year. But, I'm already done the big one as we finished our grad research last semester. It was tough. It was long. I often felt like I didn't really know what I was doing. But now it's done! At the end of this entry, I will post my abstract for those of you who want to know more about what I researched. For ...