... about life in a graduate program (this one, at least, and any good one):

The Good News: You get to work with and learn with and from awesome colleagues.

The Bad News: Those colleagues finish* their programs, get real jobs, and leave!

The Good News: Those colleagues finish* their programs, get real jobs, and leave!

More Good News: When those colleagues cross all their t's and dot all their i's so that they're finished without an asterisk, they come back for the academic ritual dance of a dissertation defense, and we get to throw them another party.

Even More Good News: Some of those colleagues start really beautiful blogs that let us keep up with their lives and show them off to friends from other parts of our lives.

Godspeed, Danedy! Belated welcome to the blogosphere!