Dr. Rosalyn | 3 months and 3 weeks
I have spent most of the last four months writing my dossier in spurts. Three months ago I think I kind of frazzled when I made my post on the subject. Was still dealing with the uncertainty of what was going on with mom, had another month of hospital fun that I didn't know was coming, and teaching two classes while doing all the other stuff one must do as a faculty member over the summer. She's been out for the last two months and is recovering well. One more cataract surgery and we should just be back to normal mom weirdness which is not to say no weirdness but unpredictable.
One of my colleagues started gathering us up a few weeks ago so that we had support as we tried to work through the last bit of writing, rewriting, evidence collecting and the like before the final deadline which is three weeks from today. I have been rereading everything bit by bit, rewriting, adding more evidence, reframing evidence and taking a step back again for a few days because I've looked at it too much. I found notes from the last mentoring committee meeting I had and I was happy to see that I had made most of the changes already but was able to tinker with a few things that should make the overall packet stronger. I looked over the narratives again this morning and then shut it down. I may or may not run a grammar check just to make sure I didn't leave any of those "correctly spelled but not the right word" words in the various statements but if I keep looking at it I'm just going to keep critiquing the crap out of it and since I legitimately don't know what it is the folks reviewing this will be looking for I can only follow the instructions I've been given and hope that I hit those markers.
I haven't felt this less in control of what comes next since it was time to submit my dissertation because despite the work and assurances from my chair, my committee still could have said meh no. So that's where I am. Three months since the last major dossier update and three weeks until the system locks me out and it heads through the circuitous chain of approvals. Hope you have a good weekend.
One of my colleagues started gathering us up a few weeks ago so that we had support as we tried to work through the last bit of writing, rewriting, evidence collecting and the like before the final deadline which is three weeks from today. I have been rereading everything bit by bit, rewriting, adding more evidence, reframing evidence and taking a step back again for a few days because I've looked at it too much. I found notes from the last mentoring committee meeting I had and I was happy to see that I had made most of the changes already but was able to tinker with a few things that should make the overall packet stronger. I looked over the narratives again this morning and then shut it down. I may or may not run a grammar check just to make sure I didn't leave any of those "correctly spelled but not the right word" words in the various statements but if I keep looking at it I'm just going to keep critiquing the crap out of it and since I legitimately don't know what it is the folks reviewing this will be looking for I can only follow the instructions I've been given and hope that I hit those markers.
I haven't felt this less in control of what comes next since it was time to submit my dissertation because despite the work and assurances from my chair, my committee still could have said meh no. So that's where I am. Three months since the last major dossier update and three weeks until the system locks me out and it heads through the circuitous chain of approvals. Hope you have a good weekend.
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