Defended and Signed Off

I had my defense on May 4th. I presented my project for about a half hour and then I answered questions. I got a question I couldn't answer right away from one of my committee members. Luckily I had a few minutes after the presentation and before the defense to kind of figure it out. Once I figured it out I felt really silly. I panicked for about 10 more minutes then I went up for my defense.
My committee members trickled in and finally we were all there together. I was really nervous. But one of my committee members wanted me to outline my P cycle in the system. That was easy enough and was included in my thesis. He had mentioned wanting that type of information when he gave me back my comments. Then we circled around my other committee members question that she asked at the presentation. I was able to answer it but she thought that I needed to include some plant information in my thesis, or at least a clause so that I wasn't ignoring the plants in the P cycle. Then we just talked for like another half hour about my thesis and how it needed to include some statements that softened my conclusions. Which, I agree with and I didn't really like how strong the statements were, but my adviser seemed to think that the stronger the better. Then it was over. The committee member handed me her version of my thesis that had some minor comments. And that was it. I had most of the edits done in two days. My adviser sent it back to me and I fixed everything in another two days. My the end of the week after my defense I was able to send my thesis to the graduate school. I just got the go ahead from the graduate school today. Sending out the pdf and word to my adviser. He'll take it to the copy center and they'll print it out and post it online. So, I can even link to it on here once all those things are done!!!

What a great feeling to be done. I find myself kind of wondering what to do next. I think besides looking for work I'll start volunteering. I want to volunteer at the native plant center in town. I want to see if I can also work for some farms around here. That would be fun. I'm hoping that I can find a job soon. I want to enjoy my summer and not be stressed out about finding a job. I really want to work. I'm so tired of not having a job and it will be even worse now that my thesis is over.

So, the serious job hunt begins. Field work come to me!!!