Headache Woes
We had a lovely Halloween, and a very stressful month since, which is why I have yet to post any Halloween photos.
In academic news, I wrote and turned in a (very rough) draft of my dissertation to my advisor! Yay! And I have a date set for the dissertation defense: March 5th. Between now and then there will be lots and lots of finishing and revising to do...but for the moment I've decided to take a break from it and not even look at it again until I hear back from my advisor with her thoughts on the draft. Why spend time fixing it up if she's going to tell me to scrap a whole section, right?
In the meantime I am more than busy enough keeping up with my two classes this semester and now thinking about two classes next semester. I was for a brief time pleasantly caught up...that would have lasted, given the break-from-dissertation, if it weren't for some very pesky migraines I've been dealing with lately. They have ramped up in frequency, intensity, and duration this fall. It just doesn't seem fair. I was coping okay when I used to get them once every month or two. Now I have had three in a month and a half. And they used to last 3-4 days. These past three have lasted 7 days, 14 days, and--well, I'm currently in day 3 of this one. So just when I think I have a shot at getting or being caught up with work, along comes a migraine to wipe out several days of work time and make several more days much less productive than they should be.
Do the fates think I didn't have enough to juggle with two young kids, teaching two classes a long commute away, and trying to write a dissertation, or what?! And, well, it would be just lovely if I actually got to see my husband more than in passing and as we fall asleep!
Ah. Okay, done complaining. Back to work.
In academic news, I wrote and turned in a (very rough) draft of my dissertation to my advisor! Yay! And I have a date set for the dissertation defense: March 5th. Between now and then there will be lots and lots of finishing and revising to do...but for the moment I've decided to take a break from it and not even look at it again until I hear back from my advisor with her thoughts on the draft. Why spend time fixing it up if she's going to tell me to scrap a whole section, right?
In the meantime I am more than busy enough keeping up with my two classes this semester and now thinking about two classes next semester. I was for a brief time pleasantly caught up...that would have lasted, given the break-from-dissertation, if it weren't for some very pesky migraines I've been dealing with lately. They have ramped up in frequency, intensity, and duration this fall. It just doesn't seem fair. I was coping okay when I used to get them once every month or two. Now I have had three in a month and a half. And they used to last 3-4 days. These past three have lasted 7 days, 14 days, and--well, I'm currently in day 3 of this one. So just when I think I have a shot at getting or being caught up with work, along comes a migraine to wipe out several days of work time and make several more days much less productive than they should be.
Do the fates think I didn't have enough to juggle with two young kids, teaching two classes a long commute away, and trying to write a dissertation, or what?! And, well, it would be just lovely if I actually got to see my husband more than in passing and as we fall asleep!
Ah. Okay, done complaining. Back to work.
posted by Jessica at
9:21 AM
2 Comments:
Here's hoping the Migraine Monster gets out from under your bed and leaves you alone - soon! Have you tried pouring cold water on it so it dissolves into a puddle? Worked for Dorothy.
Love,
Mom
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Anonymous, At
11:37 PM
just catching up on blogs and saw this post- now I'm worried! Did our trip over Thanksgiving with 6 kids aged 6 and under in a small cabin "hanging out" HELP or HINDER the migraine situation?!!! oh dear...well, I hope it has improved and the retreat over Thanksgiving helped....we certainly enjoyed seeing you guys!
Katie
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Kate, At
8:12 AM
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