answer:I expect to achieve the heights of Grad School Greatness-being ABD (I used to think it was some fancy Latin phrase, but it does indeed stand for All But Dissertation). I’ll never take a class from someone else ever again, after more than 20 years of schooling. I might be teaching classes, but won’t have to show up on campus other than that. Most importantly, thanks to one or more grants that I am quite confident of receiving, I’ll be able to return to France for a year of research and debauchery. Hell. Yes. I keep myself going in my hardest year of schooling yet reminding myself that I’ll be there this time next year. What about you @Highbrow? What are you looking forward to in your work this coming year?