(Now, have fun humming Alanis for the rest of the day.) Before we get going, I want to note that this post is loooooong. That’s because I’m going to pick apart the chapters of a dissertation (at least, one in my program–MINE) so you can get a view of how it all comes together. I [...]
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I wrote on Monday about what happens on weekend without a dissertation. Here’s what happens on a weekend when I do have it in my “court.” First off, I really don’t take any pics. Sorry about that. I also tend to wake up early (there is so much to do!). This morning (Saturday) I woke [...]
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I’ve had a headache since about Tuesday. I’ve been fighting it off with a combination of lots of water, lots of caffeine, and occasional Aleve. I’ve also been fighting the overwhelming desire to stay in bed each morning. It’s the only time my head doesn’t hurt. But knowing myself, I know this is a stress [...]
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I had a really nice meeting with my advisor on Friday. A positive one, at least! Not that we don’t always have positive meetings, but this one did re-motivate me for spring. God, you guys, I had myself worked up in such a knot. Here are some factors that had me feeling that way. The [...]
Do you ever feel one way, but act another? Of course you do. We all do. For me, in this instance, I am referring to my doctoral work. It’s no secret that I wanted to graduate in December…I told everybody. It was really important to me to get it done. Just get it done. Unfortunately, [...]
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Bear with me, because I’m about to spew a lot of melodramatic thoughts that’ve been clouding up my head for a couple of weeks now. I think I’m a little depressed. I don’t like using that word, just so you know. I know there are people who are actually depressed. For whom it is a [...]
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Two readers, Rebekah and Courtney, both sent me a link that had me laughing my ass off last night. Ceej & Em’s Blog: Graduate School Barbie. Apparently this joke has been around a while (Em did not write it), but this is the first I’ve seen. It’s freaking hilarious. And now if you’ll excuse me, [...]
Last night at about 5 o’clock I got a phone call. Normally I don’t answer my phone in the evenings, but it was from my advisor and he’s the ONLY person I have wanted to talk to lately. He promised me he’d tell me as soon as he knew the committee’s feelings on whether I [...]
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I’ve heard about bride brain and pregnancy brain, but how about grad school brain? On Friday I had trouble driving. I couldn’t remember where to go, I missed turns I needed to take. On the way home working out with my friend before work, I missed the turn to our own driveway and then couldn’t [...]
Ohhhhh my god, what a week. I turned in the ‘final draft’ for preliminary approval to my committee yesterday. But first, I had to get through the wait for my changes. Waiting is hard for me. (Is it easy for anyone?) I kept busy on the weekend, doing chores around the house, carving our pumpkin, [...]
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Late-20s yuppie, professional techie, terminal student. I probably live farther north than you do. (