staying calm

There is so much going on…

Full draft of dissertation done, but need to have edited in 2 weeks, during which time I am at a conference.

Toddler Bunky has switched to a new day care… it’s still an adjustment and now she has a new cold with the new germs.

I need to write syllabi for the fall

I need to get job market materials ready for early September deadlines

I need to plan a graduation party

I need to work out finances

I need to take forms to grad school

I need to pack for next week……

One thing at a time. I freaked out earlier and wish I could cry to just release some of the stress, but that didn’t happen. But it will all get done somehow….and despite how tired I am, I need my sleep to handle all of this!

drama, life, and the PhD

I have not wrote for a long time being that I have been writing and editing my dissertation. I will defend on August 26th. Life has been mundane, but at the same time infested with drama with a family member.  But that story is for another time…

It’s job market time again, and though both excited and nervous, I do not have the time to worry much. But I feel more confident this year about things.  But I also wonder as I hear others talking about it, how the structural factors of our PhD education and institutions effect our outlook on the market, how we deal with it, and the outcomes.  And I wonder how realistic we are about the “job market”, but again, how does this reality differ in terms of our areas, institutions, and the so forth.