6/7 of the way done with exams!

Last year my major comprehensive exam (comparative politics) was two full days. The minor one (methodology) is a day and a half. Today I took day one and I think it went reasonably well. Not awesome but good enough. Tomorrow I'll get the questions at 8 am and have to turn them in by 12:30 pm. If I pass I'll have demonstrated Ph.D. level knowledge of two fields. Scary.

Driving home from Allison's the country station played "In Color" by Jamey Johnson. It's about a grandfather talking about the Great Depression, WWII, getting married etc. and saying you should have seen it in color. Just as when I started grad school and the night before my MA defense, I got to thinking about my grandparents and parents and how hard they worked so I can be here. This time with Carson about to turn 8 months I'm also thinking about the next generation. I like to think I'll be taking the exam for all of them.