So I’m freeeeeee! Well kinda. My job ended this week, well it was my last days teaching I should say. I still have a butt-load of grading to do, but preparing lectures and power points and all that jazz is over! This means I have 7 days a week to devote to finishing the dissertation. I do NOT plan on getting a job until it’s done, I just can’t multitask well it seems. To save money I’ll eat eggs and salads from farm produce if I must, it will help me with my other goal, to lose the 10 pounds I have put back on since January.

The deadline for August graduation is June 15th. That is my goal to shoot for. I need to get at least 80% of this sucker turned in and edited by then. I am well on my way there too, so it is totally doable. It will just take 7 days a week of focused concentration and working! This sucker is weighing in at around 1000 pages as is, so it’s a giant tome of a thing.

I have decided I must “tweet” at the end of the day what I accomplished that day, that will help keep me accountable 🙂 Today and this weekend my plans are to go through all the intro and background chapters I’ve written and edit them in preparation for sending off to my adviser within the week.

The other goal by June 15th is to try and lose the 10 pounds I’ve put back on since January. I’m at about 161 now, I need to get that gone, my booty is getting too big for the svelte summer clothes I bought not too long ago 🙂 With all my time back, I do plan to hit the gym more regularly. I just didn’t have the time when I was juggling school and teaching, now I should. Plus it’s warm out again, so I can easily just go for runs outside. Woohoo!

My gym membership is up in July, and I was planning on touring and thinking about switching to this new gym around the corner Future Fitness . . . . well I’ve been warned to stay clear of them, and have also found out they have several better business bureau claims filed against them . . . OF COURSE I find this out AFTER I’ve sent off my phone number and email to them about a tour, 2 week free pass and joining. Just great, now I’ll be hounded daily to join them I’m sure. Next year a huge LA Fitness center is opening up nearby, so I guess I’ll stick it out with my current gym (Ballys) one more year.

Okay that’s about all I have to say for now, I think. Yes that’s it, move along now.

5 Replies to “No Need To Abort . . . . The Countdown Starts”

  1. Pre-Twitter, I started a blog just post how many pages I wrote a day– with instructions to my friends to encourage (yell) at me until I finished. 🙂 It was painful but totally worth it. Good luck!

    P.S. If you’re willing, I’d be interested in trading some ideas back and forth forth about religion and anthro. I’m writing my syllabus for next Fall and would like to hear from someone who just came out of teaching the class. Hit me up through email and I’ll send you a reply from my school account.

  2. Gyms are notorious for poor business practices. Do your homework on whichever one you decide to go to before making the switch.

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