Piled higher & Deeper
to quote my mother, "Getting a Ph.D. isn't like getting married, nor even like buying a house: it only happens once in your life!"
which in itself is not the right measure of importance, or else every moment would be equally important, which may be true, but isn't what my mother meant.
nevertheless, it feels like a significant event, which is not the same as "a significant accomplishemt", which it hardly is. more of a "distance traveled" mile post than of a "height attained" elevation marker.
i'm leaving california for good in less than two weeks. for once, i'm looking forward to new places instead of feeling overwhelmingly sad about leaviing.