It’s official! I am a Ph.D. candidate. My proposal defense went reasonably well, I suppose. I only felt like an idiot once or twice during questioning. Even though, I passed, and that is what matters. Now the “only” thing left to do is finish my research and write a thesis. I didn’t do much else this past week besides prepare for the defense. It feels strange to have that hurdle out of the way.
Last weekend I was supposed to run in the Frostbite half-marathon; however, because of weather conditions, I didn’t make it to the race. I had every intention of running the race. I got up and ate the food I usually eat before running and started out toward the state park where the race was held. Then, my downfall… I thought the ice on the road wouldn’t be a big problem, but as I got farther and farther from the city, the roads got worse. My turning point was when I started sliding uncontrollably toward the truck in front of me. You would think they would have salted the interstates. Anyway, I decided it best to turn around after that. I was even convinced myself they probably wouldn’t even hold the race in conditions like that. The race was, of course, held, and I missed out. Oh well… What kind of crazy person runs on ice anyway? I ended up running my prescribed 16 miles on the treadmill. Talk about boring…
Anyhow, it it my intention this weekend to start brewing another batch of beer. A plain old ale, hopefully along the lines of Bass in flavor… And this time, maybe my clean up will be a bit simpler. I think I might also try my hand at homemade granola bars.
