april fool indeed

Unless a credit card bill of amazing proportions counts as an April Fool's joke, today was incredibly not funny. Not that anything bad happened - actually, I spent most of the day either in bed reading or sitting in front of the computer answering emails - I just sort of drifted through my daylight hours before I fixed dinner and caught up on some tv.

Niece #3 was returned home safely yesterday. I spent most of yesterday with Niece #1, trying to subtly influence her to take advantage of a summer opportunity away from home rather than choosing to stay joined at the hip to the Red-Headed Loser that is her boyfriend. Unfortunately, N#1 headed over to RHL's house after we were finished, but that freed me up to spend a few hours with my Adorable Nephew, who just gets more beautiful everyday, so I suppose I can be somewhat thankful for overly dramatic adolescent love.

I leave tomorrow for another wedding, probably my last for awhile, since the majority of my friends are now safely stowed away in blissful matrimony. Cash flow (or lack of) dictates that this is a short trip, so I'm driving up tomorrow and back on Sunday.

On a side note: I have got to get my act together. My mind has been somewhere else for a long time now. I'm not exactly sure what I'm thinking about or what's bothering me or what's sucking away my energy. Am I just taking a break after the stress of comps and proposal? Is this high endurance procrastination? Have I run out of steam entirely? Whatever it is, I'm not advancing toward the PhD at all; best case, I'm stalled, worst case, I'm rapidly losing ground as my momentum from the proposal drains away.

Does every grad student go through this?