Back Again

For some reason (currently beyond my comprehension) I am just not motivated to blog, but I am going to try in hopes of also motivating myself to work on my dissertation ;)

I’ll start with some lists:

Five Things I Am Working on Right Now

1. Keeping my sanity via a fun yet viable social life.
2. Reading a plethora of articles and trying desperately to formulate a dissertation topic.
3. Revising all of the assignments for the graduate statistics course I TA.
4. Beginning the reading for my candidacy exam (that which has driven the most brilliant of my colleagues mad).
5. Funding applications

Five Things I Am Loving About My Life Right Now

1. My ability to be interested in absolutely any topic. This has become very handy due to my crazy supervisory situation.
2. The bf - although we have been together for over 10 years we are at an especially high point in our relationship.
3. The fact that I think I can see the light at the end of the Facebook stalker tunnel (their attention and love for me is beginning to wane).
4. That I can still party like Gene Simmons when the situation is right.
5. Connecting with old friends from the days when I was doing my Honor's degree.

Five Things That Are Making Me Crazy

1. My new little black dog. He can clack his teeth at you (**this is a replacement for barking**) all day long until he gets whatever he wants. This does not make working from home very easy.
2. The society of graduate students in our department!!!! I was the president last year and my two fellow members were noticeably absent at all required and auxiliary events, thus I did a whole lot of work completely on my own. The president this year insists on making backhanded comments about my performance last year at any and all events with any faculty and graduate students in attendance. This is incredibly annoying.
3. Trying to find a dissertation topic.
4. My lack of motivation to exercise, it is utterly ridiculous.
5. My fascination with buying shoes (**I just cannot afford it**).

Five Things I Plan To Do This Long Weekend

1. Spend Saturday at the spa in a nearby mountain resort town with my best girlfriends.
2. Eat myself into a turkey coma.
3. Go to my first professional football game.
4. Get A LOT of work done.
5. Watch a girly movie.