It is finished.
By the numbers:
Weeks researching: 8
Pages: 21
Pages after the bibliography: 23
Words: 7811
Emotional breakdowns: 2
LiveJournal entries made during major breakdown: 4
Frantic phonecalls to Prof. Casey: 1
Frantic e-mails to Prof. Casey: a lot more than 1
Lamps we had to put in our work room because both Aud and I hated the light: 5
Books in my study area by the end: 42
Books that actually made it into my paper: 16
How good I feel right now: Really, Really Good
Also, it's before 2am and I'm already packed. I'm actually going to get sleep tonight! (Less than six hours, but that's about three hours more than I expected.
These are all the books Prof. Casey loaned me for my project:
These are all the books I got out of the library:
These are all the Post Its I took notes on over the summer since I couldn't write in most of my books:
(You might not think those are worth a photo, but imagine having to pull ALL of them out of their books so that you can return the books. Almost all of them have notes written on them, too.)
I'm getting on a train tomorrow. I promise than when I come back, I will have knitting material to post about. (Well, what did you THINK I was going to do for three days on the train?)
