Actually I feel frumpy today, but maybe the icon'll help.

I have only myself to blame for feeling frumpy, because I couldn't drag myself out of bed early enough this morning to fully de-frump. And you know those mornings when you are so tired that you don't care WHAT you look like until later, when you are already at work? Yeah. I had one of those.

So I'm exhausted and half-awake today, and that means you get a list:

• Went to a reception for a new faculty candidate last night. He lives in Cooper-Young currently. And he wants to move down here? Really?
  
• Missed a call from Dev. Hi, Dev! ♥
  
• Committee has weighed in on my prospectus - they want only a few relatively minor changes, most of which are stylisic in nature. Rawk.
  
• However, this means suddenly I have a seminar to write, like, NOW.
  
• ...and also a research trip to plan for Spring Break...
  
• ...and also a presentation to write for the Chemical Ecology folks...
  
• ...and I'm feeling lazy.
  

Really, the last item is the big problem. I'm in lazy-mode, and I can't afford to be, anymore. Combined with the dreary winter weather, the new cat (yes, there's a new cat - more on her later) waking me up between 3 and 5 AM, and a couple weeks of poor sleep and bizarre dreams, I really want a vacation just when I can't afford to take one.

But you know what? That's totally okay. Because my research is finally going somewhere. As long as my research is going somewhere, and I am making discernible progress on this whole Piled-Higher-And-Deeper thing, then I am perfectly happy to be overwhelmed with projects. (Does that make me a masochist, or just a normal grad student?) And as soon as I kick my can into gear, I'll knock this stuff right out.

Also: The semester is nearly halfway over. When did that happen?