We have a winner

I think I'm having a reaction to the "leveller." I have felt drunk all day -- nauseous, dizzy, lethargic and ... well, basically, drunk.

Now I haven't a written a paper drunk since my freshman year in college -- there is a reason for that. Everything I write is incomprehensible when I'm drunk -- for that matter, most of the time when I'm sober.

I am trying to write Dr. Baker's author exercise -- and I found I can use a lot that I have already written on Byrd from both last semester and a few years back with Dr. Port. In this way, I am practicing what I have been preaching to my students about not doing more work than necessary and creatively recycling old work. In other ways, though, I find myself running like a dog chasing its tail through the journal stacks on the first floor of Founders Memorial Library. First I find a really good article. I pull it off the shelf. I look at the Works Cited list -- I compare it to my own ever-growing list -- I photocopy that page if it has new info -- then I find the new article and start the whole process all over again. This is going to take a really long time. Oh for a research assistant right about now!

I again thank God that I have been so organized this term. I planned this to work out this way and because I organized and planned early in the term, I can just coast from here on out on this project. Making the time is the worst part.

Baby Cat is home from the hospital, now. She's going to be fine.