yet another day (in paradise)

Life is coming along. My research proposal is shaping up. My advisor finally read it and contrary to my expectations, didn't quite throw it back in my face. I forget if I've mentioned it previously, but some of the jobs I am applying for are fellowships and they require a research proposal that you are planning on carrying out with the money they give you. So that's really hard to do because it has to be somewhat disconnected from your thesis, and I haven't even written my thesis yet. It's difficult for way too many reasons to enumerate here. Anyways, FOUR of these fellowship applications are due next week, actually three of them are different. The problem is that the schedule is getting tight. I am photographing a wedding on Saturday, I am leaving town on Monday to go to Boston and give a talk at a conference and then, holly sh*t, give a colloquium at Harvard, submit the applications in the mean time, and come back on Friday all refreshed and ready to work on the "Holly Ghost" of job applications - The Hubble Fellowship, due on Nov. 8th! I'm getting out of breath just thinking about it! Wish I could go get some exercise!