I'm still traipsing through with Collisions. I hit 20k (huttah!) and thus, am ahead of schedule BUT I'm also dragging myself through some serious writer's block to do it. I know that if I just keep writing, I'll get through the writer's block but...ugh. However, I will not be deterred! Besides, I have also discovered not one but two gift cards ( Read more... )

I burnt myself on coffee. The coffee wasn't even that good. This is the stupidest thing I've managed to do in a long time ( Read more... )

In more work-related news, the parents of one of my students called me to let me know that she'd recommended another mother bring her son to me. This means that I'm pretty sure I've got at least four or five students come fall which, trust me, is probably all I can handle since I'll also have a class to teach on top of my regular tutoring hours at ( Read more... )

Gah. I was thinking about grad school today and it always sends me into a whirlwind of lower and lower self-confidence. Today's bout was particularly stupid because it all started by doing fantastic on a practice GRE. Somehow, this got me worried about bombing an actual GRE. (I don't get it. There is no logic to that at all.) Then I started ( Read more... )

It's a little scary but sometimes I come to decisions that are just right, and it happens out of nowhere. Somewhere in my subconscious, I have to be mulling these things over until finally, it tells my conscious mind that I've decided. This happened with my eyebrow piercing--I knew I'd wanted one for years but hadn't done it. One morning shortly ( Read more... )

I feel so stressed out and I have no idea why. I've been looking at grad schools again, trying to weigh my options. (Will I get in anywhere? My degree is in astrophysics-would a social science department like women's studies even take me seriously? Can I even afford anymore school? Do I want to enter a master's program or a Ph.D program? What ( Read more... )

Mom's second eye surgery didn't go so hot. I'm trying to convince her to go to the doctors sooner, rather than waiting for her scheduled checkup on Nov. 8th ( Read more... )