Getting a PhD

I'm in the final stages of working on a PhD. That's right; I'll soon be Dr. Drennan. That is, I'll be Dr. Drennan if I can ever get my dissertation filed. Mind you, the problem is not with the writing of the dissertation. Many people sort of fall by the way side when it comes to writing a dissertation. But not me. I've just plugged away in spite of all kinds of drama in my life. No, the dissertation is written. It's mostly done. My hold up has to do with filing paperwork, getting through bureaucracy (bureau crazy?) so that I can get the dissertation processed to get my degree. While I was tearing my hair out over the researching, composing, revising, even editing my dissertation, never did it occur to me that I'd get stuck with filling out paperwork and paying graduation processing fees. Never. It almost seems like one needs a PhD just to figure out how the bureaucracy works.

I know this is all must sound like a silly rant to the rest of you, but I don't care. I am frustrated, really frustrated. Every day this week, I've come home from work, sat down, and cried because I am so annoyed and frustrated. At great personal cost, I've worked and worked to get my degree. And now I'm held up by paperwork. It's like a bad Kafka story.