I Passed

This Wednesday I defended my thesis. I was pretty nervous Tuesday night and Wednesday morning since I only had time to do one practice run with Rebecca. My adviser, Dr. Jensen, had me start by giving a brief background of my life and my future plans. I mentioned Rebecca's major being illustration and he interjected that I should say "and she is very gifted. You should see some of her work"... so I did. Then I started the power point presentation and it went smoothly. There was only one question during the presentation I think, so I guess they understood what I was presenting. After the presentation, each professor (there were three on my committee) had a few questions about the work in general. I was expecting hard questions, but they weren't. They were mainly just about my opinions about the work I had done etc. After that I was excused while they deliberated. I came back in and they told me I had done a great job and that I had passed. There are a few changes that they want me to make to my paper, but nothing major.

To celebrate, Rebecca and I went all out for dinner. We went to A&W and even got cheese curds and dessert with our hamburgers since we had coupons! Yep, we were living large! I also surprised Rebecca by taking her to the Spanish Fork Rodeo. It was fun and we happened to get seats right in front of another couple from our ward, so that was also enjoyable. The real celebration will be after graduation when we go on an Alaskan Cruise!