Happy New Year!
Spent last night at Michael's Nan's house with his brother and his fiance. It was awesome! Watched Jool's Annual Hootenanny on TV, and I was thrilled that anyone in the world still uses the word "hootenanny"! Also it was a great concert. 6 days til my paper is due, and really only 4 working days. But, I've gotten most of the body written, and about half of what's written edited. I've done my tracking but I need to transfer it to the pretty professional looking ones Michael mocked up for me (after I finish labelling those). I've not yet chosen or rewritten the required panel, but I have a few ideas, and I know exactly how I will be improving it, so I just have to follow the guidelines I already have.
I'm still really nervous about it, but it'll be ok. Michael said he could help me with editing it and formatting and stuff, because I'm not really sure how to format it, since it's not really a paper, it's a case study, and so it doesn't really fit into a nice essay format.

Anyway, we're headed back for the 5th, which will give me one day at home to finish my paper, make sure it prints, etc etc. And enough time to deal with anything that doesn't work.

I'm sort of going stir crazy, just working on this stinking paper almost all the time, staying in the living room here, always, and working. But, it's necessary I guess. And as soon as my paper's in, I have 3 days to complete my dissertation proposal, which I don't even have time to think about right now. So I won't. :P

I still have no idea what to do for my birthday or what I want or anything. Michael keeps asking me, so he has some idea of what to plan, but my paper and dissertation proposal are looming over my entire mind, and all I want is them to be over.
But, he's always good with getting presents and stuff, and he knows we have price limits, so I can pretty much trust him to be awesome with presents.

Anyway, I should probably get back to work, just procrastinating here really, because I can't look at that paper for one more second. But back to work! 

Hugs!
Love,
me <3