I could be grumpy
But I'm not.
My thesis has been depressing lately. Being long-distance doesn't really have any perks. Period. Except that you get to be where your family is. Which I suppose is the ultimate perk, but in terms of daily academic existence,...umm...long-distance totally sucks. But I just talked on the phone with my advisor for almost an hour. That helped me feel less depressed. Less like a total failure, like why don't I just flush my head in the toilet? And Advisor said appropriately encouraging things like "fascinating topic" "excellent work" it's just the "...but..."'s and the "when you finish this, then we can start talking about how to incorporate it with that"'s that are making the thesis drag on for a little longer than I had hoped. I should finish this semester, though. I just might not officially graduate this semester. Which means that I would graduate a full FIVE years after I started Grad School...with a master's. Don't Ask. Long Story. Peruse the archives if you want to know. Just know that my dept and I are on good terms.
Not to mention that I really need to start thinking about Grad School Application, again, to the Local Fab Univ that I REEALLY, Really Want to Go to and Accepted me Last Year But then Couldn't Fund Me But Encouraged Me to Apply Again this Year with the Hopeful Statement of I would Have A Really, Really Good Chance. Got that? I really want to go there. I'm trying not to make it Utopia in my head. But every time I'm near that department it's just So Right!
So it wasn't a very productive day in terms of Thesisizing. But we got some cleaning done. Ellis is cutting another molar, poor thing. So I spent a lot of time just carrying him around on my hip, as that was the preferred mode of being alive for him. We went out for coffee, and Ellis wow'd the other patrons with his signing brilliance. Clever boy. I made a pumpkin pie and toasted the pumpkin seeds.
The day closes with a chuckle. The blogs have amused me tonight. Too many funny ones.