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As mentioned in the previous post, Emily did indeed submit her dissertation before Christmas (only just!), so that was a definite load off over the Christmas break. Soon after we moved into our new cottage, we found out that Emily's viva (a final meeting with examiners to discuss the pass or fail of Emily's dissertation) was going to be on April 8th. Sad that it was drawn out a few more months, but good that we had a bit of time to recover from the holidays and the move.
After that we stuck to a new routine of Emily slowly unpacking, relaxing from 4 years of insane stress and watching Brendan while she can. For myself, the routine was running 3 times a week, mixed in with lots of hockey and of course work. The running took a toll on our weekends, especially as my end of week long runs started getting longer and longer. Thanks again to both Emily and Brendan for supporting me through my marathon training!
In March, ice hockey started dominating my limited free time. The regular task of organising matches and training seemed to double as our annual varsity match approached. Thankfully we beat Oxford in our annual match-up, so have retained the cup one more year. It's definitely a nice feeling to captain the side to victory. After that there were lots of club parties and celebratory drinks... namely the Varsity Dinner. A great way to culminate the season.
The hockey wasn't done though, as the end of March saw the Eskimos head off to Linz, Austria again for a great weekend of hockey action and partying. Check out the tournament link here to see how we did. Click on the "statisktik" link to see the results/stats.
While this was all going on, Emily was frantically preparing for her viva. As it approached, the nervous tension of 4 years of effort culminating in one Friday afternoon meeting, steadily grew on poor Emily's face. As we all knew though... she aced her viva, impressing both examiners with her breadth of knowledge in the area, and receiving unexpected praise from them in the middle of the viva... both examiners had opinions on how and where she should publish it and her external examiner loved it so much he wanted a personal copy (and made a point of telling Emily "he learned a lot" from her work). Amazing!
Bren and I are very proud of her and so are many others. The evening of the viva we had a drinks night that many people came out to show their support/love to Emily... including her mum whom drove down from Lancashire for the weekend. Well done to Emily! We're all super proud. Bren is still calling her "Dr. Mummy".
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