made it!

i feel like i just fininshed a marathon...er, well, having never run a marathon, this is how i think i would feel if i had just finished a marathon. now that i actually know crazy people who run marathons, i feel like that disclaimer is necessary. speaking of which, my dad ran a half marathon a few weeks ago! someone took a picture of my dad crossing the finish line with his arms raised and this huge smile on his face, and my mom said that she had never seen him look so happy...it's how she imagines he'll look in heaven.

so, yeah, i'm not talking about a half-marathon, though that's a major feat...i'm talking about the full marathon, or maybe a half-marathon you didn't train for, where you're really glad you've finished, but you're too weary to celebrate, put your hands up, smile, whatever.

ok, that was a way too long and melodramatic way to say that i finished my last quarter of required coursework yesterday...i lost some steam towards the end, but i managed to crawl my way through finals. but life, specifically, work, goes on...i'll be spending my summer working (our project manager is leaving for the summer, so i'll be taking on more responsibilities), and trying to get my dissertation research started...

so today, my first official day of vacation, i spent most of the day at the office, then hit my old co-worker's birthday party tonight...happy hour, so we all got a little drinkie-winkie...yeah, that's a conan reference...