Done Done

Well IT is completely complete. No almost, just about, basically, etc complete. The IT of course is my thesis. I turned in all of my manuscript copies with all but two signatures on Friday and got the final two (from the same person) today.

In case people do not know the cost of printing and binding, I will break it down. At a minimum, you will need 7 copies (one of which must be on 100% cotton paper) to cover what the Graduate School and School of CIS require. This number is also with a bare minimum number of committee members - 3. You must then tack on however many personal copies you want.

The cheapest place around for printing was Staples at $0.065 per black and white sheet on 24lb paper. All other places (Office Max, Office Depot, Kinko's) only printed on 20lb paper and charged extra for "premium" paper. The 100% cotton printing at Staples was $0.16 a sheet with the paper included. (USA Bookstore sells the same paper for ~$11 for 100 sheets.) Overall my cost for printing was ~$70. (I had 10 copies total)

Then we get to the binding fees. $10 per copy unless you want/have to have a CD in it and then its $12. The microfilm copy is not bound but does cost $50 to be put on microfilm. Overall my cost for binding was $158.

I plan on using the slim jewel cases with Light Scribe CDs (makes a nice cover) for my CDs that overall will cost me ~$12.

Thus, overall the cost of my thesis was $240 just to print and bind it.

But it will be well worth it in the long run and I'm so glad its done. Now I have a life again.

Why Flying Somtimes Sucks

Well, I am currently sitting in the Melbourne airport with Aaron. Our flight is at 4:17 pm eastern time but thanks to rain in ATL it seems to be 2.5 hrs late and this will leave at 6:45 pm. Our plane is grounded in ATL and who knows when it will come in here. The really crappy thing about flying through ATL is that any problem effects every later flight.

Our connecting flight in ATL leaves at 7:16 pm eastern time. Thus, we might miss that flight and who knows if/when we will make it back to Pensacola. At times like this it really sucks to fly even with the nice (normal) quick times.

On the way here, our flight from ATL to Melbourne was delayed by 40 mins causing about us to get here about an hour later.

In other better news, we did find a place to live - the Legacy at Hibicus Park. We have a 3 bed/2 bath apartment with a garage for my car. They are newer and a bit more expensive than the other places but it's centrally located for both mine and Aaron's commute to work. The kitchen is fairly large with a lot of counter and cabinet space. It has a microwave, dishwasher, fridge, stove, pantry, and they added a free washer/dryer for our lease duration. Other amenities include a pool, sauna, tanning area, front door trash pickup, and free printing at the business center. Its all on the 2nd floor (as soon as you come in the private door you go up stairs) and has a great view of the lake between the buildings. (Not the best lake but nice nonetheless.

Hopefully I will make it home today.