Impending deadlines

With nine days to go until Michael’s PhD deadline, things are getting very stressful. It’s been a series of delays and hiccups since he first submitted two years ago. It took nine months for him to actually get a viva, during which time he was busy trying to run a business and had completely got out of the mindset. In the months since then with deadline after deadline being extended, work problems have made it more and more difficult for him to spend time on his thesis. I feel that all I can do now is pray for a miracle.