A sigh of relief
Well, I still have this feeling of impending doom. Comprehensive exams can do that to you. But, there is a certain relief today, and I sigh and breathe a bit easier now.
I submitted my “petition to take my comprehensive exams” today. I had the great good fortune to find all of my committee members (from political science) on campus, and the great good fortune to have all of them sign the petition. That was the last administrative hurdle that I needed to clear before the exams.
Well, the sighing is done now. Back to work; I still need to become familiar with the entire corpus of political science research and commentary. That’s what comps are all about, right? 
