Hallelujah

I have good news.  It's preliminary good news, but good nonetheless:

I submitted the first draft of my thesis manuscript this week!

I still have some work to do on my literature review (the 20 pages of background research), but the end is finally near. Like a few weeks near!  I met with my thesis reader today and have a few revisions to make, but it's close.  I am so relieved.

YAY.  :)