The Time Has Come

I can't ignore it any longer.  Christmas has come and gone.  My winter vacation is officially over and I am back at work.  This means that I must start working on my qualifying exam.  Agggh!  I know, I know, I should have started my questions over a week ago, when I was off from work, but I really needed a break.  I have been going full speed since the summer.  Three classes over the summer, followed by two classes during the fall semester, capped off with the evaluation paper from hell, not to mention random IRB issues with my pre-dissertation research project, starting a new job assignment in September and having my parents "temporarily" move in with my husband and I all joined together to form one giant coalition of stress! So, needless to say I spent the past week setting up this blog, enjoying many a cocktail, relishing in my fantasy football league's first place finish, and enjoying Rutgers' victory against Iowa State.

Now the time has finally come when the procrastination must subside just a bit (I am procrastinating by writing this post) and I must get down to the nitty gritty and begin to work on outlining my question responses and developing a research plan.  I have until January 17th, so realistically I can get this thing done.  However, I do need one thing to occur...I need my husband, Sean, to make dinner and pick up my end of the chores every night for the next 2 1/2 weeks.  Can that be done?  I am hopeful, but let's say that today started with me eating leftovers. :0)  To be fair, Sean really only knows how to make one thing--cheeseburgers.  So, I have prepared myself to eat variations of hamburgers from now until next week, when my mom hopefully will come up from the shore to help out a bit. 

My 15 minutes of procrastination time is up for tonight.  Back to work I go!