scary (exciting)

i received the following message from my dissertation chair yesterday:

I received your dissertation. Congrats. The only thing you need to
do now is set the date.

a lot of people have congratulated me during my dissertation's various stages of "finished." but this is the first time my chair has congratulated me. seems silly to revel in it, especially considering that the rest of my committee has yet to congratulate me (or even read the diss!). but this really feels like something to me.

now i need to set the date! yikes.

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