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                  It's springtime which means pollen, runny noses and eyes, and
                  sinus headaches. Cara's being uncharacteristically chill
                  about it. Weird, right? It's probably due to stresses in other
                  places in life.
                  She's still not convinced that she's going to get
                  her Ph.D., which is rather silly, I know. Her closed door defense
                  is next week after which she only has the formalities of a
                  public defense sometime in May and graduation paperwork. Surprisingly, that
                  whole docter and mister thing is coming to pass. I can't say
                  I'm not jealous. But more than that I'm just immensely proud
                  of her.
                 
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