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I have four weeks (well five if you count the week I took off to spend in Texas) to work on my qualifying paper and my work motivation has been almost non-existent. It's getting down to the wire now (papers are due a week from Friday) and although I've made progress I'm still behind and have little desire to spend any time at the computer. Blech.
I have procrastinated by catching up on sleep, pleasure reading, bad tv (the activity I feel most guilty about), and starting a new diet and exercise program (the activities I feel least guilty about). I've lost all of my holiday weight (4 pounds) and have been exercising regularly and keeping track of what I eat (I'm doing one of the online things that counts the calories for you, and gives you meal suggestions, but you can log what you actually eat.) Screw the high protein thing, I'd rather count calories and have bread (and cookies, for some reason I'm frequently able to have gingersnaps, yummy). But getting in shape should not be a higher priority then graduating. I have to get my butt in gear. Classes start next week so I'm sure that will help me to get out of the house and back to work, there are no extensions I have to finish this paper!!!
I'm alternating between all-out panic/guilt and extreme lethargy. I can't find the happy productive place. I'm starting to hate this paper, even though I like the subject.
I also went and had my hair dyed, which I'm really disappointed with, even more so then last time (in college) because I really like this salon/day spa place. In an effort not to shock me they made the color so subtle that no one has noticed it's changed (even me unless I'm really close to the bathroom mirror). The color is really pretty (a couple shades lighter then what I have with red undertones,) but I'm irritated. I'm trying to figure out if it's worth the money to go in next week and ask them to change it, or if I should wait a month. I think I'm going to tell them I want to be shocked, it may backfire on me, but this is getting ridiculous. (During college I wanted my hair dyed and the salon in NH refused to give me permanent hair color, they would only do semi-permenant because they too didn't want to shock me.) Do I give off a vibe that I need to be sheltered from potentially bad haircolor? I know they can always dye it brown again.
umm, happy things, I haven't heard no from the Fulbright yet (I should hear about round 1 while it's still January, round 2 decisions are in April), things with Denis are good (yay Denis), we have a social life scheduled for this weekend (Fri. a work-related party, Sat. a double-birthday party, and Sun. I want to invite some other grad. students over to watch Sex in the City, but the super bowl, or the damn paper, may interfear).
I have procrastinated by catching up on sleep, pleasure reading, bad tv (the activity I feel most guilty about), and starting a new diet and exercise program (the activities I feel least guilty about). I've lost all of my holiday weight (4 pounds) and have been exercising regularly and keeping track of what I eat (I'm doing one of the online things that counts the calories for you, and gives you meal suggestions, but you can log what you actually eat.) Screw the high protein thing, I'd rather count calories and have bread (and cookies, for some reason I'm frequently able to have gingersnaps, yummy). But getting in shape should not be a higher priority then graduating. I have to get my butt in gear. Classes start next week so I'm sure that will help me to get out of the house and back to work, there are no extensions I have to finish this paper!!!
I'm alternating between all-out panic/guilt and extreme lethargy. I can't find the happy productive place. I'm starting to hate this paper, even though I like the subject.
I also went and had my hair dyed, which I'm really disappointed with, even more so then last time (in college) because I really like this salon/day spa place. In an effort not to shock me they made the color so subtle that no one has noticed it's changed (even me unless I'm really close to the bathroom mirror). The color is really pretty (a couple shades lighter then what I have with red undertones,) but I'm irritated. I'm trying to figure out if it's worth the money to go in next week and ask them to change it, or if I should wait a month. I think I'm going to tell them I want to be shocked, it may backfire on me, but this is getting ridiculous. (During college I wanted my hair dyed and the salon in NH refused to give me permanent hair color, they would only do semi-permenant because they too didn't want to shock me.) Do I give off a vibe that I need to be sheltered from potentially bad haircolor? I know they can always dye it brown again.
umm, happy things, I haven't heard no from the Fulbright yet (I should hear about round 1 while it's still January, round 2 decisions are in April), things with Denis are good (yay Denis), we have a social life scheduled for this weekend (Fri. a work-related party, Sat. a double-birthday party, and Sun. I want to invite some other grad. students over to watch Sex in the City, but the super bowl, or the damn paper, may interfear).
