In how many ways can a fire burn??

This week has been all about stress management and barely making deadlines meet. This is, in part, not entirely my fault, for reasons that I don't really care to discuss in this forum and, part, it is entirely my fault. In the end, both are based in biology and are completely unwanted situations right now.

So Tuesday, I barely manage to turn in my history essay on Arrowsmith (terrible book, ne le lirez pas) in any kind of cognizable condition. Today, I get my 10 pages of my thesis (I only needed 6, so I am a little ahead of the game) turned in at 4:30, and it's due by 6:30. by the way, I do have a rant on this. So, I make reference to James I of England and Ireland in my paper. However, I mention it like this:

With the accession of the Scottish king, James I(1), to the English and Irish crowns, one monarch ruled over the three kingdoms of the British Isles.

(1) In this paper, I refer to Stuart monarchs by their English and Irish titles, as opposed to their Scottish titles (e.g. James VI) or their Anglo-Scottish titles (James VI/I).

For those of you who read this, do you understand what I mean? My thesis partner sent me an email twenty minutes later slamming me, saying that this was totally incomprehensible and that I basically don't know history. I don't know if it's just that he's an idiot, or if what I'm saying makes no sense. I am definitely leaning to towards the former option, probably because my professor and I had to spend three weeks convincing him that the English Civil Wars were not fought between Catholics and Protestants....

Whatever.

Anyways, next week is loads of more fun, with absolute loads of History of Medicine to do, such as an outline/bibliography for my second paper (due November 20) and a take home exam due on Tuesday, both of which are worth 10% of my grade. That class definitely makes me want to drink absinthe, however, my grades have remarkedly improved, and I now have a slightly more solid A in the course. If I get solid B's on the test and the essay, still have an A- in the course.

I also have a German and a Greek quiz, and no doubt a million piano pieces to learn.

Finally, I'm playing 'stay at home, part time working, single parent' this week. Not at all fun.