Chickens Will Come Home to Roost

I finally got my doctorate.  

I wish that I could tell you that it was easy.  Certainly some aspects were simply a matter of taking the coursework and completing the assignments.  That part was pretty cut and dry, rinse and repeat. No, the difficult part was the writing of the document.  I consider myself a pretty decent writer, and I write educational evaluation reports almost every day.  The writing wasn't an issue, it was the review of my writing by other people that was hard.  What was perfectly clear and easily understandable to me was not that way to other people.  That part was humbling and stressful and yes, I did want to just give up several times because I was also working a full time job and taking care of my family.  

But I did not quit, and now I am done.  

Of course, now I have to pay back my student loans, like a good citizen. I don't mind this--I took out the loans, I will pay it back.  I did apply for the forgiveness program, since I have spent all of my work life working in public schools, and we will see if that goes through.  Right now, nothing is happening, because there are idiots who just automatically sue every time someone might get a fair deal somewhere.  I don't understand it, since it costs the states a ton of money to sue the federal government, and it costs the federal government a ton of money to fight the suit, and in the end the only people who get paid are the lawyers.  The bottom line is that I am in student loan limbo until all of that gets solved. Chickens will come home to roost, after all, so the government gets paid.  

But I have my doctorate, and that's a good thing.  

How are all of you?