D O N E

That's right ladies and gentlemen.  After eleven weeks, tons of Internet research, a very beaten and batted copy of To Kill a Mockingbird, at least five revisions, and two hard core crying sessions...my thesis is finally D   O   N   E.  I presented last night in what seems like a blur and now that it is all over, I am wondering what on Earth I am going to do with all of my "free time."  

These are the ideas I came up with so far:

1. Update my blog -- Really, what is the point of taking up space on the Internet if I am not going to update everyone on my Starbucks habits and what profanity my daughter has picked up.
2. Kick my Madonna/JT habit--Madonna's new song "Four Minutes" has been out for approximately that long and I am hooked.  In the past day or so I have listened to it approximately ten times.  I think that it should be my theme song and play each and every time I enter a room or hallway.  I wonder if Bose could make a personal speaker system to facilitate this dream.  If they could I bet that they would make a mint.  What would your theme song be if you had one??
3. Clean my car -- My car is a long standing family joke and every time I get the gumption up to clean it out, its much like an archealogical dig.  Layers upon layers of empty Starbucks cups that once housed Grande Skinny Mochas, junk mail, change...you get the idea.  My dad often asks Amelia call for help if she gets lost.  If this rain ever stops I am going to clean it out once and for all.
4. Finish my home projects - My house is where projects go to die.  I have no less than five projects that need to be finished.  Now that I have all this extra time, it will not necessarily FINISH the jobs myself...but rather bug my husband incessantly until he gets them done.
5. Start running again - I feel like a fraud being the advisor of the Running Club and belonging to a Running Moms group when I have run approximately 6 miles since the beginning of the year...maybe 10...still pathetic. 

So thats it folks...my Capstone journey has ended, unfortunately without the creation or donning of a ham costume for my presentation, something that I was intent on doing.  Ah well, there's always Halloween.