Well, I have been slogging through all my research, trying desperately to make connections and answer the question given me. I was given my questions the last week of the semester around the 19th…and now I have until to January 19th to put together a coherent response to the “three” questions asked me ( I say “three” because there are actually more like 10 just in parts of the three). I have a stack of books that is about two feet tall and a three-ring binder with about 70 articles that I am trying to place together in a coherent answer. This (writing this blog) is actually a break. Since I received my questions I have spent around 48+ hours on reading and writing and editing. And that doesn’t seem like nearly enough!
My questions are good questions. They relate to what I want to do in the future on my dissertation…so I can’t ask for better than that. I have a fully formed answer for one of them, though I seem to add to it daily. I have a page limit of 50 pages. In one way, I feel like 50 pages! How am I going to fill 50 pages! Then, on the other hand, looking at all my research, I am like how I am going to fit all this into 50 pages! I am very glad that I am doing this over winter break…I can’t imagine how I would have done this during the semester.
At the same time as all of this, I also have a presentation I have to make in Baltimore (that still has to be made) and I will be there for a week. I also have to plan for a new class for the spring, which includes reading a couple of textbooks to see if I want to keep the order I was given or change it up. Oh and family visits and then there was Christmas this week and New Years next…AHHHHHHHHHHHHH…there is not enough time! Must get back to reading and writing…if I could only do both at once!
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