Crunch Time

It's getting to be that time in the semester: one week of classes before Thanksgiving break, a week off, then two more weeks of classes and finals week is here. I've got two Senior Project students rushing to finish by the end of the term and a Master's student likewise. My other Master's student is feeling stymied, and has decided to drop back and broaden his approach to the problem. I'm on the committees for two more Master's students, and I'm hoping to finish off the prisms paper (I've given W and T copies of the pleaseGodplease final version for critique) and get another paper written up (I've already mapped it out in my head; all I need is time to write) - both before the end of the semester. Urk.

Meanwhile, I'm taking a new tack in my study of polygons, and it's looking very promising. Unfortunately, it's distracting me from all the other things I have to do.

Gracie and Buster are providing much of the tension relief at the moment, whether by falling over backward in excitement over a treat or just by curling up companionably next to me. Even the worst of days - and last Thursday was middle-ranking on that scale - has some good in it, thanks to them.

Oh, yeah. I also have to find time to observe three of our non-tenured faculty in the next three weeks. One of them teaches at 8:00 AM, which means I have to leave the house at 6:30. Oh, and have I mentioned the weather?

:runs screaming in circles: