November 17, 2005
Since Brian is notoriously bad about withholding information from his parents that he does not deem to be important (although he mentions to them that I have my period - weirdo) I know that Pa relies on me and my blog to relay information!
Here is the story: On dissertation orals day, Brian was waiting in the meeting room for the committee to come in. They came in one by one and basically told him to leave the room while they discussed some things. They shut the door and he sat outside. The room is supposed to be soundproof and has no windows. This was a remodeled room in Lazenby. In case Brian did not tell you, Lazenby had a fire earlier in the year that caused some pretty severe smoke and fire damage. I think Brian said that one of Marilynn’s labs was ruined. So, these rooms had to be remodeled. Back to the story… So, Brian thought he heard the doorknob move but not turn so he stood by the door. It never budged. He didn’t know what was going on until Marilynn told him the door would not budge and they couldn’t get out. She told him to get the facilities people to come open the door. He tried to find a facilities person, they called the campus police, and other campus people to come get them out. He asks a graduate student in the office next to the meeting room if he could help. He says sure and tries his key…It gets caught in the lock. Now they are *really* stuck. He finally finds a facilities person who is leaving in 15 minutes to have surgery. He tries to get them out but says he has to leave because he is having surgery. Brian hears the graduate school representative say, “What effect will this have on Brian” and hears Marilynn say “Oh Brian will be fine, he is tough!” The facilities guy gives Brian a phone number to call if they are still stuck later. Brian has tried to find the guy in the building that he knows that could potentially help get them out but he is not in his office and no one has seen him. Brian finally finds him after his dissertation committee has been stuck in the room for 30 minutes and he comes up to the meeting room. He opens the door but tells Brian not to let them out until the outcome is a good one. 
The dissertation committee then calls him in and closes the door, this time using a pencil eraser so the door would not close all the way. After being questioned for an hour and a half or so they tell him to leave the room again while they decide whether or not he is going to be Dr. Brian. They tell him to come back and tell him congratulations and that this dissertation orals was very memorable and oh yeah, so was your actual dissertation. But he only has little tiny spelling errors and grammar errors to correct which is really unheard of…
Also, we have been having issues with the cigarette smoke next door. I got my first migraine in over a year yesterday from the smoke wafting into our apartment. Brian sent a letter to management today and he called yesterday. He basically said we would move out of the apartment for the next 26 days into a new apartment. We have taped up electrical outlets, all moulding along the floor on the adjoining walls, taped up his old closet, the front door, and any place on the floor we could smell smoke coming through. We both have been getting rather ill from the smoke. Brian woke up coughing up phlegm and I have been doing the same today. My head is still aching from the migraine and neither one of us can sleep very well with the apartment being so cold. The radiator is under the window so we never really are able to get any heat into the apartment because it just gets sucked right back out. Since we haven’t sent our books to JoAnns yet, we still have 2000 lbs of books that we would have to move in addition to all of our furniture that we’re trying to get rid of… Also, today the high here is in the 20’s and it is windy and snowing right now. Now you know the whole story, Pa!
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