I can&#039t remember if I posted on this topic recently or not. Things have been so hectic around here that I&#039ve been unable to remember what day of the week it is for the past two weeks. If I did post on it, then you&#039ll just read it again. If I didn&#039t, then…well then I didn&#039t. At any rate, this is about my thesis proposal which has to be approved before I can take my thesis hours in the fall when I actually write the thesis to be approved some more by my committee members who are all cool professors that I&#039ve had for multiple classes and get along with great. Um, I lost track of where I was going with that so I&#039ll move on.

My first thesis proposal was about three pages long. Three and a quarter pages, let&#039s say. I had Tony take a look at it and after he tore it up, I redid it and it became about four or five pages long. This revision took me like a week and a half because I&#039ve been slow/busy/depressed/tired/distracted/unfocused/whatever and didn&#039t get it done right away. So the four or five page revision was sent out to all of my committee members who responded very quickly. Dr. Nelson sent it back with green markings all over it, Dr. Phillips sent it back with notes in the margins, and I met with Tony in his office to go over it, which he did in gallons of red ink. So I had three copies of my proposal with three different people&#039s notes/comments/corrections, and I resolved all of them into one newer copy yesterday evening late.

Draft three went out yesterday and when I got around to checking my e-mail late this morning, I already had it sent back with more revisions by Dr. Phillips. Most of that was commas (which I hate) and some other cosmetic changes. I&#039m waiting on Dr. Nelson&#039s reply, and I&#039ll probably call Tony again to see if he&#039s around to go over it once again. Draft four shouldn&#039t take as long as draft three did, so I&#039m that much closer to having this @#$%^&* thing approved so I can sign up for the thesis hours in the fall so I can write this @#$%^&* thing so I can graduate in @#$%^&* December.

Will my life ever calm down? No. I&#039m sure that even after graduating, even after getting my PhD, that I&#039ll find something to fill up my time. Why else would I have dozens of hobbies and projects all the time? I have all that to fill up my time once my real work is over. I&#039m a glutton for punishment. When I say I&#039m a masochist, I mean it it more than just the usual &#034I like pain&#034 kind of way &#039cause this is mental/exhaustion pain all the time. I really do do too much. Motherfuckin&#039 fuck. My brain hurts. Now I go. Maybe I need caffeine. I need this @#$%^&* proposal to be done and over with is what I need.