woo-hoo! pass!

yay! just got back from a meeting with my chair, and i passed the first exam. got a bunch of snarky comments from the reader who was a last minute addition, but i think this was to be expected. and we've agreed that i will re-write the least good question (which i knew full well was iffy) for the oral so i have something to talk about, which makes me happy both from the perspective of 'i get to make it right' and because it will actually be useful. he does want me to ask the last-minute-reader to be on my oral committee, which i was hoping to avoid, but there seems to be no way around it. i have to admit that i hope she won't do it--i don't want someone who has no vested interest in whether i pass to be there--but all i can do is hope. fingers crossed!

in other news, five solid pages down, fifteen to go. and revision.