two steps back, three steps sideways and a step and a half forward

This editing refuses to go away. I bailed on the first half of the coffee hour yesterday so I could finish printing everything out and assembling it all in the right order, because I knew it was going to the publications office today and I didn't want to have to get up and go deal with it this morning. So this morning I get e-mail saying there are major problems with two of the pieces, one of which I swear was all right yesterday and the other of which is 60 pages long and in outline form, and if the indents are wrong somewhere in the middle, it's very hard to track (and I hope that's what's wrong with it. I've been formatting this stuff and making proofreading corrections without actually reading it.)

Next project management meeting on Sunday. I fervently hope the last e-mail I got about it isn't really saying that the meeting is going to be six hours long, but the person who wrote it had sprained an ankle and admitted that she was on the really good drugs and therefore somewhat loopy when she wrote that. Since last Saturday I've spent about nine hours in meetings for a three-credit class.

Other than that, I have to go grocery shopping today, and I really should go buy the academic regalia for graduation. (Why is it that Master's robes cost twice as much as undergrads', anyway?) And I really should start actually writing my case study analysis. The problem with that is, I'm not sure where to start, and I don't really want to start in the middle. I've never been able to write the body of a paper and then stick an introduction and a conclusion on it afterward. I suppose I can write something as a placeholder and go back and fix it afterward.

Right, and call Airtran. I've only been meaning to do that for two days. (When will I learn that nothing nonacademic gets done on Thursdays?)

I did actually get ahold of a real human being at the driving school on Wednesday, so they're sending me a contract in the mail.

I feel like I've been getting things done without actually accomplishing anything. Mildly frustrating, that.

steps forward and steps not taken (yet)

Things I got done today:

- The last of the last-minute editing (I have permission to slack for a week before I start again with the next round)
- Arranged for plane tickets for Boston househunting trip (finally used free ticket voucher, whee!)
- Bought groceries (including stuff I volunteered to bring to a birthday party tonight)
- Bought academic regalia (ye gods, the sleeves on a Master's gown are ridiculous! The hood is rather spiffy, though)
- Bought beer (I was supposed to be buying wine, but was uninspired, and there will be enough other people bringing wine to this party...)
- Found out that the third reader for my case study is not, in fact, going to be able to do it (he's on six other committees already)

Things I didn't get done today:

- Buy potting soil
- Re-pot my jade plant
- Track down the leak in the fridge again
- Get the clean laundry from last week put away
- Make any progress on my case study analysis (I will in the next couple of hours, though)