Time doesn't stop for you

This summer was good, Clark came to visit/work here in College Station, we went to a Jack Johnson concert, ran a 5k in Galveston, and got my car repainted. However, my plans of making the deadlines to graduate by December were slashed. I still hope to be done by December (i.e. have defended and completed my dissertation to satisfaction)...but won't graduate until May, 2011. Sometimes I feel like this PhD comic image is reality. Just one foot in front of the other.