Yea, so it's done. I would write a long blog to describe my innermost
feelings on this momentous matter, but I'm a bit drained from it all I
think. And, to be honest, it's all still settling in. The relief still
hasn't hit me full force. Right now, I'm more bewildered... or
something. I guess it's because this day felt like it was never going to come. Even last Friday (which I can't believe was only a week ago), I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Last Friday, I only had the first half of the paper written (though I
had done all of the analyzations and research at that point). The last
30 pages were ripped out of me in the sleepless days that followed. A
two page analysis for each of the 435 ads (that'd be 870 pages of
writing!) were sorted and summarized in the 20-some-odd pages of
'Findings and Discussion' that I wrote in a matter of 4 days (see
previous blog for that 'sleep' schedule).
It is finished. I am now free from educational obligations. My prison
door has been unlocked, and I'm about to celebrate my freedom like never
before. Let the travels ensue...
