Saturday, March 26, 2011

Jet Fueled & MIA



Hey folks, sorry for the disappearing act lately, but I'm trying to finish up the dissertation before the end of the semester. It's a lofty goal, but I'm actually in a good place to do it and I'm hustling every day after work. Writing has been coming on strong lately, so I'm hoping to get a draft of the dissertation to my committee by the middle of next week. The whole thing. Crazy, but it's gonna happen.


My day consists of going to work until 4pm, rushing home, writing, dinner, and more writing until I have to sleep. This, thankfully, is the weekend, so I can really get a good couple days worth of stuff done. Glorious. If you are my twitter or facebook friend, you probably know this by now, but I have been able to fuel this adventure with a trusty friend at my side:


This, dearies, is a brand of coffee that is available to me at my work. They have one of those Keurig cup coffee machines (which I totally love and want for my house). I selected this coffee one day a couple months ago and was totally wired. I knew that for my week of intense writing, I would need something to propel me forward. So I tried it on Monday. Wow. Monday I got one chapter revision done. Tuesday, another chapter revision, and so on until Friday. Today is Saturday. I have smuggled two of those little babies home and tore them open to use in my french press. Not bad. I may have to thank these people in my acknowledgments page! It's like a whole cup of espresso.


So, I'm living in a big mess of books and notes and papers.


You'll forgive me for going missing for a little bit. I'll be back. And I'm still doing my weekly weigh-ins over at Sweet Lady Loses It.


Oh, and last week I made red velvet whoopie pies using this recipe. Most amazing dessert ever.

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