What a week....

I defended my dissertation (capstone) on Wed. I had an audience of about 10 people...some friends, faculty, my committee, and my dad came. The defense went well and I have some grammatical errors to fix and I have to clarify a few things....not bad at all. After the committee met I was announced as DR. ASHLEY COSENTINO.....WOW I was not expecting that at all. I figured that part would wait until graduation. There were some extremely wonderful things said to me as well which makes the day one I will never forget.  I spent most of the night on the phone and tried to get some sleep for my big interview the next day. I woke up in the middle of the night and could not fall back to sleep. No matter what I did Thursday morning I could not focus and began feeling incredibly unprepared. On my way there I heard my motivational song on the radio so I determined I wasn't going to be a worry wart and that I knew I could do this. The interview went very well. I was there from 130-6. I met with the chair, the dean, the faculty, and the students all at separate times. I concluded by teaching for an hour on boundaries using Structural Family Systems. There is not a single thing I would change about the day. It could not have gone any better. When I left the Dr. that headed the interview process told me I was extremely organized and that I should be very proud of myself especially based on my high recommendation letters. As I left, he shook my had and told me that if he were my boss he would give me a raise. Based on that I would have to say the interview went very well. Now comes the fun part....waiting!