am not ded!
Had a committee meeting today. I did not die. Afterwards, when I spoke with my supervisor about some stuff that had come up during the meeting, I continued to not be dead or made dead. (This may have been helped by the bribe of homemade donuts.) Victory!

Of course, I have a lovely deadline hanging over my head, but I told my committee I preferred the tighter deadline as it would prove to be better motivation that a later one. The deadline is based on fees to be paid to the university. If I can get my defense done in September and the thesis in by Oct 2, then cheaper fees! Otherwise, normal fees. The next deadline is Jan 5ish, I think, to avoid paying for Winter semester. But that's waaaaay too far in the future to be the kind of fire I need under my butt.

I actually don't know if I can make the Oct 2 deadline....