Insomniac's blog

Okay. I have been out of school for a week and a half now and I haven't gotten a damn bit of research done! I am going nuts at home and I feel totally...blah. I have loads of stuff that I could be doing but I don't want to. My kitchen cupboards need to be organized and my kitchen pantry desperately needs organizing and cleaning. I also have to go through the very painful process of book sorting. Yep, I am slated to move my living room furniture around and I have to move my wonderfully hand-made bookcase, but in order to move the bookcase I need to remove all the books from it. I have loads of books lined up, stacked on top of others, and crammed in every nook and cranny available in that bookcase. I dread purging any books because I have an attachment of sorts to each book. Almost every book in that case I have read (and some of the kids' books I have read multiple times!) and the few I haven't I want to read sometime.

Anyhow, enough of my complaining about my books. I haven't gotten any research done and that is really starting to bother me. I have only about a month to do my archival research so I need to get in and get it going. Last week was just a lazy, post-end-of-the-semester, relaxation week. This week I wanted to get into the archives but yesterday my mom had an appointment so I went over to watch my nephews for her (she normally watches them while their parents are at work). By the time I was done with kid-watching duty (with my two youngest there were five kids there!), I was too exhausted to do much of anything. And now, because of some special annual events going on in my hometown, I won't be able to hit the archives at all on Wednesday or Thursday. ARGHHHHH!!! Next week I am going to the archives to do my research and I am going to sit on my pastey-white historian ass until it feels like I am sitting on needles! Discipline....discipline is what I need. Well, actually I need self-discipline. I am sure that there are a few people out there who would love to discipline me, but I need self-discipline.

I also need to call my certified teachers to schedule a mini-interview. I finally got ahold of them via email but I would like to talk to them on the phone to set up the interview. I start student assisting in the fall and I want to make sure I know what my CTs expect from me. I have two CTs because they team teach. I guess I better get off my butt and get things moving. Anyhow, that is all for me for now.