I haven’t posted in a few days because . . . I just got done successfully defending my dissertation in Albany, NY, which means I am now officially Dr. C.N. Le, Ph.D. All I can say after 10 years of graduate school is, wow.

It really didn’t hit me after my defense when my committee members congratulated me and called me “Dr. Le.” It still didn’t really hit me later that night when I celebrated with my committee members and other friends. It’s only now hitting me that I don’t have to work on my dissertation any longer!

Of course, there’s plenty of work to do (i.e., publishing research articles in academic journals) but I’m gonna do my best to enjoy this for now -- I deserve it! Boo ya!!!