A little bit surly

[rdchino]

I'm getting too old to handle exhaustion well. I have about a week to send off an all-but-final draft of my dissertation to my committee. So I haven't been sleeping much, or eating much (except dinner, by which time I'm starving), or doing much of anything except thinking about the diss.

That's not exactly true. I've also been trying vainly to keep

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[tim_wright]

OK, I know you are feeling better, but I got a first time prep for a class out of my fields this quarter. I think I may have accrued 18 hours of sleep in the last five days. Seriously. And I don't have a kid, I only get paid for 20 hours of work each week, and I actually owe the federal government money this year, a quite hefty amount.

Hmmm

Plug on, you are almost there. They will take what you send them and (something you should know by know) they are going to whinge about it regardless of how much time and effort you put into it.

[rdchino]

My snark was directed more at other grads (not you), mainly a bunch of grads on my Facebook feed who do nothing but complain about the hardships of teaching, reading, and writing.

You've always had more sense than most other grads I've met.

[rdchino]

Thanks!