Dissertation interviews completed: 14 (of 15)

Transcribed: 11 completed (4 by me, 7 by my fantastic professional transcriptionist) and 1 in progress (by me)

Books currently checked out of the university library: 8

Said books related to my dissertation: 4

Said books unrelated to my dissertation: 4 (scary, right? I just checked them out…just because they sounded interesting. As though I’ll have time to read them before I have to return them in April.)

Month hoping to graduate in: June

Month I would settle for: August

Month that is completely unacceptable: December (I will NOT be in the final dissertation writing phase and final wedding planning phase at the same time. I will NOT.)

Official employees I supervise now that I didn’t last week: 3 work study students

Dogs driving me crazy: 1

Dogs I love to pieces so it doesn’t matter: 1 (same dog, in case you needed me to spell that out)

Fiances driving me crazy: 1

Fiances I love to pieces so it doesn’t matter: 1 (again, same fiance…I dumped the other one.)

Times worked out this week: 3

Times ate ice cream this week (not counting Weight Watchers desserts): 2…I’m keeping ahead of my workouts, not too shabby.