two days down in the three days budgeted for the Bonhoeffer paper…

… and not even a paragraph written.   But a REALLY thorough outline is ready so I can draft this tomorrow, right?!  There is only one section of the outline that is poorly organized so that part of the paper will probably be slower going, but I have a feeling I can’t flesh it out [...]

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mid-week update

Well… it is Wednesday, November 12th.  I want to be done with my finals by Saturday, November 22nd.  That leaves me 10 days, or really 9 as I intend for Sunday to be sabbath (and really it needs to be- two church services, company in town, and our shower!)  So how’s it going????  Actually I [...]

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Third Snapshot- Final Stretch

I set a goal at the beginning of the semester that I would finish my coursework by Thanksgiving (or really the weekend before Thanksgiving) in order to give myself a two week cushion before my due date.  That now leaves me, two weeks.  I have three big papers to write in two weeks.  I have [...]

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grr…

Arrived at preferred coffehouse around 11 a.m. It is now approaching four and I need to run some errands and return some phone calls, and I REALLY want to attend to the house (and be there should trick or treaters come by)…  And what have I accomplished?  Read one short introduction (in French- required to [...]

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Today so far…

5:45 a.m. – woke up on my own, beating my iPod alarm by five minutes. 7:15 a.m. – finished editing my paper, so I shrank the margins a bit, sue me. 8:00 a.m.- finished styling my hair and, friends, it actually cooperated today, woohoo! 8:30 a.m. – electronically submitted my paper in four versions to [...]

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well…

I had a goal of having my paper drafted by 6 or 6:30 at the latest so that I could grab a bite to eat with my hubby when he got off work and then we could to a lecture on campus on “Faith and the American Presidency: From John F. Kennedy to George W. [...]

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is it procrastination or slow progress?

I have started writing my Friday paper, which, considering it is only Tuesday is pretty sweet. I’m still working on the introduction, however, on page two of what is to be a twelve to fifteen page paper. I’m nowhere near the meat of the paper. This is partially because of some evident moves of procrastination [...]

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