To do list
write test lecture
Find pictures and illustrations
Talk to the sword-fighters (and got a gentle warning: you had better step aside, if you want to be certain of lasting the whole lecture)
Write 15 minute introduction to the thesis
Obsess over whether the thesis will be printed in time
Figure out what to wear (I am dressed now)
Order tickets for New York
Bake cakes for after the party (or the after-party party)
Do test-lecture
Do defense
Party
Thank everybody
Start preparing for teaching
Call a meeting for the information staff
Start planning next semester
Postpone exhausted breakdown until scheduled in October