The deep breath before the plunge

I should probably be naming this and the last two entries dissertation insanity log one, two and three, since the d-word is the first and foremost thing in my mind (that, and the finale of dancing with the stars...I can’t believe Marie Osmond is still on the show, Jennie Garth is a much better dancer...but I digress...). I submitted my proposal last Monday, and my hours have been a little bit more relaxed than the last three weeks. Only a little. I have a pile of my students’ midterms to take care of, and it does not look pretty.

As December 3 rolls around, and the panic starts to set in, I’ll start pulling those 2 am-ers again, going blind from looking at Stata and EViews for too long. Now it’s all quiet as I look out toward Mordor (my metaphorical Mordor so to speak), from the safety of Minas Tirith (also metaphorical) beside the all wise White Wizard (my mentor?). But someday, I have to charge towards those Black Gates, and December 3 seemed a good a date as any.

I needed a laugh and found this...

http://arwen-undomiel.com/humor_img.php?page=3

Needed a break from all that typing. Wave to the Nazgul!!!!

When life gets in the way of blogging...

Good grief! I looked at my blog and realized that it's almost been three weeks since I posted something. Just like Snoopy says...suddenly, it's autumn. I don't know what it's like for other people, but for most students, autumn usually means work work work. In fact, the maple leaves are most beautiful when one has a comp (di ba leanne, franny?).

I have been working like a madwoman the past few weeks trying to get my proposal organized to submit it to my committee. Last Thursday, my lord and master gave me the go-signal to schedule a date for the proposal, but I have to do a fair amount of work before the actual proposal. YAAAY! This is the first step towards graduation! YAAAAY!

So in the meantime, Snoopy and I will be doing this...