page count: 181 [139.365]

Today's page count: 181. So I guess Friday wasn't quite as unproductive as it felt like, since I did add 6 pages. By the end of today, I was at 192, and had a finished draft of Chapter 4. That leaves Chapters 5 and 6 to do. Chapter 6 will be the easier of the…

page count: 175 [136.365]

Fridays are the hardest for me. I'm tired after writing writing writing all week long, and then my day is cut shorter because Fridays are my day to pick M up from school at 3, so I always feel down on myself about my progress on Fridays. Oh well. We went over to our friends'…

page count: 165 [134.365]

I actually didn't add to my page count today (which means tomorrow's picture will have to be something other than a self-portrait holding an index card! OMG!), because I went into campus to participate in a lab meeting, take care of some logistical things relating to defending, write a couple of recommendation letters for students,…

page count: 151 [133.365]

This morning's page count was 151. I worked today to finish the draft of Chapter 3, which put my page count by the end of the day at 165. I want to think that I'm kicking ass at this whole "finishing a dissertation" thing, but I have yet to hear what my advisor thinks of…

page count: 138. [132.365]

On Monday, I finished a draft of Chapter 2, and then as a reward for my hard work, got to go to the last Knitting Guild meeting of the year and hang out with my knitting friends while working on my 5th Mitered Crosses Square: Then I came home to a toddler who once again…

friday. [129.365]

Friday was a big day - I finished Chapter 1 of my dissertation (as in, there are no more parts where the text says "FILL ME IN LATER!"). It's 60 pages long, because apparently I have a lot to say about the approaches to common ground in language comprehension and production. I also received my…

page count: 128 [128.365]

It cracks me up that this morning's page count is 128 and so is today's picture number. It doesn't take much to amuse me, heh. I've added a lot so far today - I'm at 137 pages, and I'm pretty sure that I finished Chapter 1 (my Introduction, which should be called "Whitney has a…

page count: 115 [127.365]

Busy day. Chiseled away at the dissertation, slowly filling in all the places where I had previously written "FILL ME IN!", and reorganizing material so that it (hopefully) is more coherent. My first chapter (intro/background material) is turning into a 50+ page monstrosity, but I'm covering a lot of ground and if my advisor doesn't…

rough day. [126.365]

No new page count today, since I didn't add to it yesterday. The good news is that I did add to it today. But gosh, today was a rough day. Just overpowered by self doubt. I'm convinced my dissertation is stupid and unoriginal and this whole process of finishing it is making me feel stupid…

page count: 109 [124.365]

I didn't end up adding any pages today, so tomorrow's page count will be the same. Today was about setting up some data analysis (still more to do there), doing some grading (still more of that, too, alas), and meeting with my advisor to set a writing schedule. First interim due date: my first two…

wip sunday. [124.365]

Still loving my Mitered Crosses Blanket project.

snuggling. [123.365]

Somebody's been very snuggly and cuddly today! I ended up getting up early with her (she had a rough night, sleep-wise, which meant we all did) so that A could get some rest this morning. We're both super tired, and he's been picking up a lot of slack for me lately, so I wanted to…

into triple digits. [122.365]

Yeah, I'm posting another photo nearly identical to yesterday's, except this time, my morning dissertation page count was 101. Triple-digits, woohoo! As of right now, I'm actually at 108pgs, but I've also basically picked all of the remaining low-hanging fruit (e.g. Methods sections). I have a whole whack of data left to do analyses on…

it begins. [121.365]

May 1 dissertation page count: 90. Decided to take a photo this morning, noting where I'm starting as I make the final push toward the finish line. I've managed to write 90 pages so far this year in bits and blobs, but now I need to finish the thing. I'm planning to take a photo…

last day. [119.365]

Me, after meeting with my WRT 105 students for the last time on Tuesday. I'm gonna miss those kiddos - I mean, I ought not play favorites, but this really was my favorite group of students (and considering that I've now taught 6 semesters of this class, that's not even an empty thing for me…