So close, yet so far

Well, I got my grad paperwork in *JUST* late enough to where my financial aid went in last night. Bah! Now it has to be fixed again - hopefully by Friday. Well, this should be the last time I mess that up hehehe

I am getting behind on stuff - I guess it comes from my inability lately to do it all. I stay up until midnight to 2am and then get up around 9pm and run around doing errands. I try to do it all during this time, but I must be taking too long or going too slow /shrug

We lost our Treasurer and so now Oak H.C. is trying to scramble to get ready for the Oakdogging on Friday. I am hoping we will have signs and be ready for this. I am requesting a good chunk of money in order to get the supplies and I and Jeremy are going to get this. So, I need to get up around 7:45 to get to campus at 8:30 - maybe I should get up with D and head in with him for breakfast. I think I should grab up some for Loralyn too. hmmmm...

I am working on my thesis a lot - however it's going slightly slower than I want. So, I need to get my butt moving a lot more than this. I need to make a headquarters away from my room - I think I better start hanging out in the library office more - make it into my "you will work on thesis for at least 4-5 hours" space and keep that up everyday. Yep, I think that will be my best bet.

I work tonight at the library, so I am going to be eating with D tonight and then heading right out. Myabe Wednesday and Thursday will be the days I work at night and then Monday, tuesday and friday are when I do the Library office. When I work it is for 6 hours and its been great working during that time. I also need some side time to work on my class (Troy story) and to begin working on the website for D's parents and his sister (this is more of a fun thing to me).

I am getting more and more worried about how little time I have left here. I have yet to do the comp tests:

Written Comprehensive Examination
[update effective August 2003] The written comprehensive exam is a significant milestone in the student's academic career. It is not intended to review or address the material of a particular class but to address a wide field of study, and a diverse set of perspectives.
Consequently, students are asked to select those areas of study on which they wish to be examined, and to work with three different faculty members in taking their comprehensive exams.
The exam is taken in three parts. All parts will be taken in one semester. This can be a summer semester if faculty are available. It is expected that students take the comprehensive exam during their last semester of coursework or shortly thereafter.
The exam may be taken while working on the thesis. However, according to Graduate Studies Requirements, the oral defense of the thesis cannot be scheduled until the written comprehensive examination has been passed.
Students should make arrangements for their comprehensive exam early in the academic year to make sure that faculty will be available.
It is the student's responsibility to arrange the comprehensive exam. students should work closely with their advisors in selecting areas of examination and faculty examiners.CoverageThe written comprehensive examination will cover three broad areas of English or American language and literature. Students should select three (3) areas of study from the following list:
British Literature
American Literature
World Literature
Literature by Genre
Literature by Period
Linguistics/English Language
Literary Criticism
Composition/Rhetoric
and Pedagogy
For each area, the student should also choose a graduatefaculty member with expertise in that area to act as an examiner. Select three faculty. Selected faculty will work with the student to develop the exam question or questions for that area, and to set the date, time, and procedures for that section of the exam. Common procedures include open-book timed writing (3 - 4 hours), or a take-home paper. The three faculty members
representing the three areas selected by the student will form the comprehensive Reading Committee. Each section of the exam will be read and evaluated by the faculty member who wrote the question. Completed exams will be held by one member of the Reading Committee until all three sections are taken before being passed on for review by the full Reading Committee. When all the exams are completed, the Reading Committee will meet to determine the student's overall evaluation.
Each exam must pass the entire Reading Committee by consensus.
All three sections of the exam must receive a pass. The student receives a score of
Pass with honors
Pass
No pass

A letter stating the student's performance on the comprehensive exam will be sent to the student. If a student does not pass an area of the exam, the Reading committee will determine what steps the student will need to take in order to
pass the exam.

I better keep up with this and get moving.