Okay, so now I'm at 23 hours left, and haven't started writing yet. Like, not at all. I'm still sorting through all these sources and feeling all panicky about the amount of work I have to do. And there's nothing like focusing on the impossible amount of work you have to do, in order to make you want to run and hide from your work. And so I thought I'd blog out all the crazy things I've been tempted to do instead, mostly as therapy.
Things I've been tempted to do, rather than write this essay:
1. Pick up something like measles so that I get special permission to take extra time. I ran into a guy from my class, and apparently his daughter's come down with whooping cough. I had fleeting thoughts of "Whooping cough! That would do it!" Problem with this plan: I'd still have to write this essay anyway. And I'm pretty sure that neither of those diseases would be worth it.
2. Hide under my bed.
3. Nap until Tuesday.
4. Run away to Alaska. (I stole that plan from Ky.)
5. Play stupid computer games, or take a really long bath, or watch the rest of the season of Battlestar Galactica, until it's too late to do anything and then just go to bed and deal with it all tomorrow. (Really bad idea.)
6. Join the KGB.
7. Run away from everything academic and live a normal life, all just so I don't have to write one 25-page paper. And then I read Dixie's post about how her kids puked all last week and I changed my mind. I can handle essays more than I can handle that. (Dixie is a brave woman.)
I think I can handle this now. It's just really scary, realising that there's no option but to hand this in tomorrow night. There is no flexibility here. And it's 23 hours away.
3 comments:
North to Alaska, go north the rush is on! Aw, Johnny Horton, you are missed...
Also, I think you're a few years late to join the KGB. But you could make a pretty good Natasha, in which case I guess Chris would be Boris.
I realize I'm not being particularly helpful, but hey, why should today be different from any other?
Still, I know you'll get done. You're Maryanne. Somehow, no matter how much you procrastinate, you always get done. Good luck!
You caught me!
LOL at all the ways you've considered avoiding the essay - I go through very similar thought processes myself (especially numbers 1 & 7)!
Go you! You can definitely do this...good luck! We'll be here cheering at the finish line. :)
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