Bright Woman Blog

My penchant for decorating cigar boxes has returned - Attention dissertation committee members: Will you take one of these instead? ;).

Stella’s view of the backyard … when the ball is not in her mouth ;).

A few garden delights that look especially nice with the changing light …

It’s no wonder I resist going to the library ….

Maybe I will be better suited at a coffee shop for this week!

It’s Austin in August - students have started coming back for the Fall semester and it is HOT outside. This Summer has been nothing like last year and I really miss the rainy days and cooler weather. We’ve been in a triple digit heat wave for over a month and I am ready for Fall more than ever right now.

This Summer has been trying at best … lots of data collection, dissertation writing and trying to stay sane as I get things wrapped up for my PhD. I am beginning to realize more than ever why the time between your comps and completing your dissertation is so dangerous. It is now down to just me and my motivation to get this thing done and motivation has been lacking as I sit at my desk staring at the computer.

With everything going on, I have been living vicariously through my friend Nancy who has been blogging away about her fabulous Summer in New York City - I am so anxious to have a Summer again with nothing to write and no deadlines looming. The PhD will be wrapped up sometime this Fall, so things are looking good for next Summer.

The next couple of weeks will bring more of the same - hot weather, writing and motivating myself to be done. I can finally feel what it will be like to be done and I just can’t wait - it is going to be so exciting!!

Ok, time to stop writing in the blog and get back to writing academic stuff. I keep thinking of one of y favorite Wilco songs with a line in it that says “I can’t find the time to write my mind the way I want it to read” - maybe I will get that figured out sometime this week ;).