I am definitely becoming lazier on updating my blog.
Since my defense was around Mid November. I don't have much passion to discover or explore something new. I need to figure out how to complete the defense smoothly. So there are around two weeks, I have no ideas to write.
For now, the post-defense stuffs almost down. I am waiting for the review from the Graduate School.
Looking back at the defense, it was actually a series of procedures. It was started from determining the defense date, to powerpoint slides preparation and practice, to food preparation (including breads from the Roy's Bakery, fresh brewed coffee preparation), to defense, and to technique corrections. There were somethings unexpected, for example, a reschedule of defense date. Interestingly for the food, I prepared donuts and hot coffee. However, few people enjoy the donuts. They thought it was too sweet. If you only have donuts, that are too sweet. But if you eat sweet donuts and drink bitter coffee, that will be a different one. They may not know the trick. Or another explanation was I was progressively affected by the U.S. culture of eating donuts and drinking coffee.
In my memory, there was always a snow during Thankgiving holidays. For this year, the snow comes more fiercely, a winter storm. The storm came around Tuesday to Wednesday. Weather forecast recommended not to travel during Wednesday. Unfortunately, we have few meetings and I have something to do for my defense materials. So I went to my office. At the beginning of the storm, it was just rains from Tuesday midnight. It changed to snow from Wednesday early morning. So I can tell there are lots of water under the snow when I parking my car in the parking lot at campus. From Wednesday morning, heavy snow and strong wind gusts arrived.
I should remember how difficult it was, when I drove back home. I drove through the way to SDC, but I failed. My car got stuck when climbing the slope. At last, I drove back and drove the way through Daniel Heights.
Here shows the heavy snow covers on the wood. It was took at the entrance of Tech trails.
Still, you can find some leaves on the tree. No too many leaves, but its brown color gave a good contrast with the white snow.
The campus closed from noon. No SDC for Wednesday.
