Bleh. I’ve decided to reorganize this chapter for the third time. I think I like the new direction I’m headed in, but boy, has this whole thing been a slow process. I know that everything I’ve written so far, while not being used directly, contributes to my thinking about the new direction. It does kind [...]

Bitch, Ph.D. comments and academom responds to the issue of getting a graduate degree while simultaneously raising children. Dr. B ends with this observation: because, though I hate to say this, academia is not the easiest field for women with kids, especially in the plural; and graduate school, especially when you’re still doing coursework, is [...]

I’m about a third of the way done with this chapter. I finished writing the first section today and now I begin (re)reading for the second. I was able to use about a page of the material I’d written before, including the introduction, which I thought worked pretty well. It might need to be tweaked [...]

I’m sure you all can guess why my words have not darkened the door of this here blog. I’m basically spending every waking moment reading (not yet writing). Every day this week, I’ve gotten up at 6:00, read until 7:30 with kids running around eating cereal and getting dressed. Then I go to work where [...]

I’ve been reading through/sorting through the many articles I have collected in digital form. I finally realized this morning that I was having trouble keeping them straight and so I’ve decided that I’m going to print them all out and sort them. And then hopefully use many of them in the writing I’m doing this [...]

Lots has happened since I last posted. There was lots of catching up to do after the election and I have quite a few irons in the fire in addition to regular work, so it’s been busy. The dissertation is chugging along, slowly but surely. I’m faced with another stack of papers to comment on, [...]

For obvious reasons. I am trying to remain calm and take things one step at a time. I have a plan. I think I’m going to be okay, but until things start to fall into place, I’m going to feel frazzled. Today, I travel down to our Government Building to get trained in election judging, [...]

I really can’t do it all, all evidence to the contrary. Here are some things that have slid over the last few months: Laundry–this has gotten really bad because no one likes to do laundry. We’re living out of baskets at the moment My hair–I’m letting it grow anyway, but I’m also letting it go [...]

Since everyone else is self-promoting. I’ve been thinking about this for a while and I think I just have to say it (write it) out loud. I’m really proud that I’m finishing my degree. I don’t want to jinx it or anything since I’ve still got one more chapter to write, but still. Looked at [...]