Can you cross your fingers for me today?

[papie]

About my neverending PhD defense saga.  So recap: I deposited december 20th, but because of the holidays, they count it as a january 6 deposit.  It is followed by a 2 month evaluation period, and then you must announce a defense date 2 weeks in advance.  So today is MARCH 6TH.  Which means it is the deadline for them to submit their evaluation reports.  I emailed the admin that is in charge of this and am waiting for a response.  Cross your fingers that all the reports are in and that we can get a date by tomorrow!

Because as you can see in my ticker, I am 35 freaking weeks pregnant today, and would really like to register in the hospital L&D as Dr.papie. 

Update: i can't fucking believe this. She is still missing TWO evaluations.

[papie]

Updated in OP. Kill me now. Or wait and I'll tell you who to kill. I'll call my advisor in the morning to see if he is one of the two (he has two classes on Thursdays). I know one person submitted hers. So once I know who the culprits are, I'll know who to rage against and make voodoo dolls of.

[gmail]

OMFG I'm so sorry. I would unleash the wrath of the 35-week hormones on them.

[celeste]

I'm sorry That is incredibly frustrating for you and, honestly, unprofessional of them.

I'm not quite to the defense point yet, but my advisor is currently sitting on my chapters for weeks before reading them...so I sort of feel your pain.

[zoidberg]

This is nuts. You'd think a bunch of accountants would be a little bit better at completing things in a timely fashion.

[papie]

Mar 6, 2014 17:47:13 GMT -5 celeste said:

I'm sorry That is incredibly frustrating for you and, honestly, unprofessional of them.

I'm not quite to the defense point yet, but my advisor is currently sitting on my chapters for weeks before reading them...so I sort of feel your pain.

That sucks so much. Mine totally did the same thing which is how I found myself here. There have been only minimal changes since October. Ugh.

[celeste]

Mar 6, 2014 17:48:19 GMT -5 papie said:

Mar 6, 2014 17:47:13 GMT -5 celeste said:

I'm sorry That is incredibly frustrating for you and, honestly, unprofessional of them.

I'm not quite to the defense point yet, but my advisor is currently sitting on my chapters for weeks before reading them...so I sort of feel your pain.

That sucks so much. Mine totally did the same thing which is how I found myself here. There have been only minimal changes since October. Ugh.

Every time he tells me he hasn't had time to read stuff, I want to respond with "mother fucker!" But instead I restrain myself and respond politely with "no worries!" (Said brightly). Ugh, advisors!