Thursday, January 19, 2012

Things to do when I finish my thesis

I've been working furiously on my dissertation for the past few weeks. I am sick of the library. To get myself through the last few weeks, I've been daydreaming about things I could do once I finish this thing. Here's the list in no particular order, and probably not all of these things will happen (see: Procrastination Queen lifestyle):
  1. Make a Dr. Pepper slush in my ice cream maker.
  2. Make ice cream in my ice cream maker.
  3. Fly to Australia (a certain person just did this and I'm jealous!).
  4. Have a baby. Seems a bit drastic, though. Kind of an out-of-the-frying-pan-and-into-the-fire sort of reaction.
  5. Read fiction besides Harry Potter. I cannot read fiction when I am studying. My whole system is based on working for 45 minutes and reading for 15. Rinse, repeat, all day. If I'm reading something interesting, the system falls apart because I can't stop reading. Must turn page!!! This is why I'm on my third reading of the HP series in the past year. (At least I think it's been three read-throughs. Could be four.) I know what happens so I don't have to rush ahead and read the next chapter. At the same time I do enjoy Harry. However, I'm looking forward to reading something else just for fun. No equations allowed!
  6. Watch the entire set of Harry Potter movies in a row. (Hey, I said I was a bit tired of reading the series, watching it is a whole other story! And yes, I'm weird, I know.)
  7. Cross-stitch. I'd been cross-stitching late at night for a while but my eyes have been very tired lately.
I'm looking forward to the Dr. Pepper slush adventure, personally. I've got the ice cream maker freezer part sitting in a bag on the deck, waiting.