Headlong into the Night

So basically, these last two weeks before my mini-vacation are going to be the two bitch weeks from hell. This week, I have yet another quiz in Greek, which shouldn't be too terrible, but you never know, then worst of all, I have a complete draft of my thesis due this FRIDAY. So far, I have ab out 10 1/2 pages done, but as I have previously mentioned, I am only through about 1636 ish. Basically, my goal for tomorrow is to finish up the lieutenancy of Thomas Wentworth and include a bit more on Irish poetry before 1641. Then, once I have that done, I'm going to go ahead and put in my background of historical events from 1641-1660. If I have that done before about 12:30, then I'm going to go ahead and work on fundamental changes in English policy in Ireland based on their swelling of paranoia. Then finally, if I get that done, it's onto the Irish view in the same time period. This is the bulk of the thesis---my guess right now is that this is going to be between thirty and forty pages...probably closer to 30. Once that's done, I have the rest of the week to go from 1660 to 1691, which isn't a hell of a lot, and then my conclusion. The final time period is basically a solidification of the lines drawn by 1660, in part because there's absolutely no political power between 1666 and 1688 in Ireland (i.e. Parliament never is called).

I do have to say that this thesis has definitely invigorated my interest in learning Irish. Reading the translated poetry and seeing it right next to the actual Gaelic makes me desperately want to know the language of my ancestors.

So that should be fun. Today I finished up 7-beta in my Greek book, leaving me only two sections (8-alpha and 8-beta) for the rest of the semester, which is about 19 pages in the book, then I have my children's book for that class due next Wednesday. I think that I'm going to spend the time that I have off in the LTC this week working on finishing those things off, thus reducing my load of hours to be concerned about to 12.

Next week I also have my fun fun fun fun fun history of medicine essay #2 due. Speaking of which, I did manage to get a 98% on my first essay for that class, bringing my overall average to about a 95% on about 50% of the course work. I guess that makes cool beans.

I also have a ton of German to do in the next week and a half. Monday right after my LTC tenure is going to be working on getting my Arbeitsheft done for Kaptiel 3 and my lab hour and a half. This next Tuesday is yet another test in that course....

Basically, I have a ton of stress over the next two weeks, and very little time in which to cope with this stress. On top of this, I should mention, is the nagging problem of work. I have 16 cell lines done with 4 chemos, and I would really like to finish all 20 before I leave for Germany next Friday, but right now, I can only guarantee that I'll be done with 18 lines. Suffice it to say, that once I finish all this school stuff, work should be a lot easier to do, especially since I will soon be done with all the distracting stuff. It looks certainly feasible that by the time I leave COS, I'll be done with the damn project.

Well, I'm tired, and going to bed.