So Close...

So here I am it is April 29 and I graduate on May 9. I am sitting in the law school library because it is a quieter, nicer place for study and work than the main campus library. I thought that being surrounded by a bunch of studious, wannabe (said in a respectful way---I'm a wannabe counselor) lawyers would motivate me to be studious and get this paper written.

It isn't even like I'm writing about something foreign...my topic is PTSD in children. I'm WELL versed in PTSD and I understand child development, so 20 pages should not be that hard to come up with, right???

Apparently today is just not a good day for academic pursuits for this grad student! I am having the hardest time on this paper and I do not know why!!! I LOVE to write and I am passionate (obviously if you are a faithful reader) about PTSD and helping children. So, this should be no problem. And it isn't like I have a bunch of better options for spending my evening...most of my friends are students, so we are all in the same boat this week and next!

I'm so close to being finished with my M.A.P.C (Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling). Just this one paper and 2 finals to go...so close...It is funny to me that I am having this many problems. I LOVE school. I'm very nerd-like. Studying, reading textbooks, doing research...all that is...FUN for me (yeah I know...but y'all love me anyway! So what does that say about you???). I find joy in the learning. So, this paper should be a breeze. But NO...it is fighting being written...the paper is putting up a battle, it does not want to be written!

Have no fear readers, for I with the aid of the Lord, will prevail! I WILL write this paper! It WILL be an A quality paper, and it WILL happen this week (it is due Sunday at 11:59pm est)!!! I can do it!

I'm SO CLOSE to the finish...I will not let the end of semester fatigue win! (I have motivating theme music going through my head...think Chariots of Fire or Aretha Franklin or something motivating!).

I have to finish because I have my graduation gown, my robe, cap and hood hanging in my closet. I did not survive an afternoon at the mall for nothing! I'm going to finish so that I can wear my new dress and look all pretty (and maybe a bit sexy, nothing wrong with that in my book, as long as it isn't over the top to trampy)next Saturday.

So, till then I must remember my motivating theme music and write this darn paper!!!

In Christ,
Paige