Dissertation Blues

The rule is that you have to turn in your dissertation 3 weeks before your recital. That date was February 13. I did manage to get it in on time, but my Bibliography was not in great shape, and I did not include my printed program or my powerpoint slides since neither one was done yet. First things first. 70 page dissertation, then printed program.

I sent the program to my advisor for approval, and she found some inconsistencies which I corrected. Then I resubmitted the dissertation with the program in it (and incidentally made those consistency changes in the paper itself). But now that I have submitted the paper, there are continuous little details that I am discovering that I want to include.

I know this is not the final version and that I will get it back with corrections to be made, but I am not sure if I should keep adding to the paper. Who knew someone had done a musical Lord's Prayer using contemporary worship choruses? Now that I have discovered it, I should make reference to it for sure. After all, this is just my version of someone else's idea.

If I keep adding things, it will likely grow unwieldy. I will have to ask my advisor when I see her. She will be here soon enough. Travel arrangements are all made and a hotel room reserved. I am counting down the days until March 6. It almost doesn't seem real, yet I am working very hard to pull it all together. Now what did I do with that new tenor?