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No lists today! This is because I have piles of paper to work through. I have an hour to do on my dissertation (I would have more, but I can't enter proofreading changes until the proofreaders get back to me - we're moving rapidly towards the final, however, which is as well, for all finals are due with my supervisor pronto*) and then I just have six stacks of paper to work through. I have blithely labelled the paper 'everything else' to encourage it to behave nicely. One whole (not very big) stack is potential jobs. None are good fits, but they are jobs and I'm going to apply for them.

In fact, I have a list and I completely forgot about it (for I wrote it out last night when I realised I was falling behind - yesterday was the Day of the Phonecall), but it lists stacks of paper as 'paper1' and 'paper 2' and so it's only nine things long.

If I have only a half cup of tea or coffee per item, then I shan't be over-caffeinated, shall I? My spellcheck (which is opinionated) wanted me to type that as over-decaffeinated, so I'm just fine.






*and I so wanted to type 'printo' instead of 'pronto' that i discovered the word just crept out onto my screen

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I got through precisely half of one pile of paper. It was a very tough pile of paper and that's the excuse I shall stick to. I'm going to try to finish that single pile tonight, at least. It's one of the two scary ones (things I don't want to have to face, mainly, but can't put off) so I shall sleep better and walk taller when it's done. I do not plan to walk taller during my sleep*, just in case you were wondering. In fact, I do not intend to walk at all during my sleep.

The real reason for the lessening-of-results is that my proofreaders emerged triumphant with a rather complicated outcome for my dissertation**. Even with help from eneit it's taken hours to sort what's what. I'm nearly there, though, and my supervisor will receive an email a day and a half earlier than expected. Tomorrow I shall put a bunch of things into the post, too. One step closer.

After that I can return to my piles of paper, which have grown, for there are two aspects of the Beast that need editing. I have missed the Middle Ages and shall enjoy my return unto them (for I have been absent for so long, positively days).



*My spell-check has a mind of its own today, for it wanted me to write 'self-help' instead of 'sleep.'
**They agreed on one correction. I need to state this clearly and up front.