FYI - I passed comps

...and its taken a little while for that to sink in, especially since I'm not entirely certain what lies ahead on this journey. 

But in the meantime, I've got a bunch to do, including moving into what I will now refer to as the dissertation apartment (I literally just thought of that as I typed this sentence but it makes me smile). 

​Oh, there's a paper I'm working on right now, so let me get back to that, too.