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the balancing act

September 2003



I'm Finished!!!!

Monday, 29 September 2003 7:44 A GMT-08
MA Dissertation: Bound. Coded. Submitted.   I'm so dang happy I feel like doing a little jig right he

Red Sox News

Saturday, 27 September 2003 12:56 P GMT-08
   GREAT NEWS:  The Red Sox clinched the wild card, which means they'll be one of the eight teams competing in the playoffs of the World Series! YEAH!!!  Jeremy would be blogging about this, but he's probably out somewhe

Name Change

Saturday, 27 September 2003 2:58 A GMT-08
So now that I'm wrapping up my stay here in England, and soon will no longer be a "displaced american" (well, at least physically), I'm thinking that a blog title change may be in order. Any suggestions?  If I receive enou

Question

Friday, 19 September 2003 10:44 A GMT-08
Is it bad that my Acknowledgments page is as long as my Abstract??? (I'm maxed out on my Abstact word limit, btw)  

a light at the end of the tunnel...

Wednesday, 17 September 2003 8:18 A GMT-08
Finally finished with all the major editing my dissertation so desperately needed!  But I still can't seem to stay away from tink-tink-tinkering with minor corrections -- change a word here, add a little more there.  I could probably fiddle

Happy Birthday, Mum!

Thursday, 11 September 2003 2:11 A GMT-08
Today is my mom's big birthday ending in a zero! We are off to Tetbury for the next two days to celebrate and have dinner at her favorite restaurant, Cat and the Custard Pot (they have a sister restaurant in Southern California, Cat and the Custard

Pregnancy Paradox

Tuesday, 9 September 2003 2:46 A GMT-08
I'm two months pregnant this week, which blows my mind.  Especially considering I didn't even know I was pregnant during my first month.  I *really* need all nine months to mentally prepare for this monumental event, so I feel sort of cheat

Still here

Monday, 8 September 2003 7:36 A GMT-08
Still here.  Still pregnant.  And still utterly consumed with finishing the dissertation!  The good news is that I have a full draft completed -- but why do I still feel far from done?  I'm going to start battling with the webpage