T minus 30 days

That's right. Tomorrow marks the first day in the 30 day countdown to the final submission of my dissertation. We also have a date set for the defense (on my grandmother's birthday, no less). So, keeping fingers crossed that nothing goes horribly wrong, we'll be finishing up in December as planned. Between now and then it means a lot of very long days.

Also, I've applied for a real job. I already have the post-doc lined up at UNC, but it never hurts to apply for a real job when it's offered. It's a permanent job along the lines of what I do now that is reasonably close to our current house. More on this later. Don't expect to hear anything further until December or January.