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Now that it’s Thursday I’m beginning to feel like I’ve whiled away the week.
\nI expected to take all week putting an end on Chapter Four, but I lazily
\nsplashed the finishing words on it Tuesday–two full days ahead of schedule. The
\nfinal sentence goes "Need another sentence here." I will come up with the
\nmissing sentence before I double the line spacing and print a copy. And
\nthen there’ll be one more wave of revithargy (a blend of revising and lethargy
\nor drained recomposing<\/i>) before handing it over. <\/p>\n

About whiling away the week: the last two days my work sessions have been
\nsplit between some tinkering with maps (in Flash of all things) and reading and
\nengaging with a couple of informal responses to a chunk of the diss. Both
\nof these are productive and worthwhile, but for all of the good involved, they
\nare not much like the routine I’m accustomed to. Pum-pum-PUM, pum-pum-TUM. The
\ntempo is different.<\/p>\n

And tomorrow!–the Friday before Spring Break–you’d think the Writing Center
\nwould be a ghost town and those poor consultants (self-)assigned to work all day
\nwould quietly drift around the place, doing whatever they wanted to fill the
\ntime. But, no. By Wednesday afternoon, the entire docket was
\nfilled–eight appointments coming between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Don’t you
\npeople rest? <\/p>\n

I’d mouse up and change some of what I’ve written here, but the batteries in
\nthe wireless mouse have leaked out their last volt. To them I say, "I can
\nrelate."<\/p>\n

Over "break": map-tinkering and reading up for Chapter Five (which, with
\na miracle, I can draft by my birthday for a perfect synchronization of
\nfiveliness in early May), laying to rest article revisions I’ve been neglecting,
\nreworking piece of Chapter Three for next month’s CCCC presentation, and, for
\nkicks, wallowing in NCAA conference tournaments. Should be enough to fend off
\nboredom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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