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October 27, 2009
Crunchtime update IV
Updates noted with an asterisk (*). I'm almost there. What's difficult now is that friends are calling to make plans for Thanksgiving and I just can't get my brain to think past November 16th (for obvious reasons). Now that I'm suffering TMJ, which is augmenting my stress because I have no time to go to the doctor's but have to make time to go, I understand the concept of MAKING time--literally. I wish I could manufacture time and insert hours where I needed them.
At the very least Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday and I'll be given an extra hour... which I will most likely use for much needed sleep (like most other people I know).
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Write results.(I wish it was easier to break this down into something more manageable... It's not.) Goal: 10/18/09 * Completed 10/27/09--still might fiddle with things...Send draft to committee for read through.Goal: 10/19/09 (or sooner) *Completed 10/19/09--right on time! *Sent to chair on 10/26/09 as promised.- Polish introduction and conclusion. Goal:
10/22/09*New goal: 10/31/09 - Check transitions between sections and paragraphs. Goal:
10/24/09*New goal: 10/31/09 Check APA citations for correctness and completeness.Goal: 10/26/09 *Completed 10/27/09--some things are just easier because they're mindless... or I'm braindead... or both.Check formatting with IUP Thesis/Dissertation Guide.Goal: 10/29/09 *Completed 10/27/09--finally got Microsoft Word to cooperate with section breaks!- Submit to School of Graduate Studies for formatting check. DUE: 11/2/09
- Incorporate feedback and comments from committee readers. Goal:
10/28/09*New goal: 11/14/09--since the readers just got the thing and most have responded that they need more time, I'll wait till after I send my draft in for formatting to incorporate comments. I'm hoping to have this done just before turning in the final copy... or sooner, if possible. - Submit printing and binding form. DUE: 11/16/09 *THIS IS THE DROP-DEAD DUE DATE. Must be in-hand at the Office (and printed on fancy paper). Taking vacation time to get signatures and turn in paper copies. (Cheaper than mailing it in? Contextualize "cheap," please.)
- Have committee chair update grade on thesis credits. Goal: 11/30/09 *Still hazy on how this works. I hate not knowing things.
- GRADUATE! 12/20/09
- Throw a party. Goal: 12/31/09
Posted by KarissaKilgore at October 27, 2009 7:48 PM