From A to Z

So I have a new person to help remind me to "get to work!" So that's one good thing (among the many things that are making my life feel like crap at the moment).

A few things about today that might help steer me into "let's go!" mode for the end of the semester: 1. I spoke to Dr. I about one of the papers for the end of the semester. It helped me figure out exactly what my focus should be, and makes me more motivated to sit down and work on it. Woot! 2. I now have an adviser. Not "officially" as that requires paperwork, but insofar as we had the conversation consisting of "Are you my adviser now?", "Yes, I'd like that", then I have an adviser. Woot, woot! 3. Talked to said adviser and think I finally have a topic/focus for my dissertation. Not that I'll be working on it at all this semester, but it just gives me a lot of motivation for getting through the first things to get there. Woot, woot, woot! 4. One of my classmates needs to borrow my book for Tuesday's class. He gave me a deadline of Saturday to get it to him. Thank you for the early deadline! Woot x 4!

Also, Dr. Adviser said that if I got thrown into jail over the summer and I couldn't get hold of my local cousin, I could call him and he'd come bail me out. :) I thought that was pretty cool of him.

Now, I feel like I'm ready to buckle down, that I have a place to start for this weekend, and I can plan better what needs to be done. Which is super!

Okay, really?

This is crazy. I might be crazy. What is wrong with me? Thing to do for the day: read for Dr. I's class. That's it. That's my one goal for the day (and to get my taxes done, but let's not go there). Geez!