no more teachers, no more books

Yay! This week was momentous - Wayne finished his last classes and last finals ever here at BYU (of course he will have teachers and books...just at a different school....), and I finished my first draft of my thesis. Definitely a cause for celebration this week. Plus, we were finally successful at making ciabatta bread. Yay.

Wayne finished classes Monday, so we celebrated by eating out; it was a spontaneous celebration really. Wayne got back from his class and announced that we were going to go out. He didn't have to twist my arm too hard, that's for sure. Finals were finished on Wednesday, and we celebrated by going to a bells concert at the bell tower on campus. The first half hour of the bells concert they played bagpipes, which surprised us a little. But whatever. We took books and a blanket along and found a nice shady spot, so we couldn't hear the bagpipes too well, but the bells (once they got around to them) were quite nice. I thought it was funny that we were so wrapped up in our books at the beginning that it wasn't until after they finished the National Anthem that we realized that we were supposed to be standing.... Yay for good books and good music.

The rest of the week Wayne read and read and read and I spent staring at my computer, hoping I got enough people to take the surveys (which I am very, very close to having enough, but not quite there. Know anyone I don't know that might want to take it?!). Monday and Tuesday I got record numbers of responses (it took a week and a half to get the first 15 people, but then I got over 20 in just those two days!), and finally Saturday I finished my first draft of my thesis. With the numbers based on the surveys I have right now. I'll have to update the numbers once I get the final participants, but fortunately the trends have held steady since the first few responses.

That's pretty much the bulk of the week. I am continuing to apply for different job positions, and waiting to hear from the two I went out to San Jose to talk to. I'll have editing to do this week on my thesis, and hopefully find the last participants I need for my survey.