List o' stuff

Holy mother of God I have so much to do before 3/11. 

I am SO glad we asked the au pair to come 2/14 rather than 1/31 because otherwise there's no way we would have gotten everything done.  We have mostly finished her room, thank goodness.  I do still need to get sheets and curtains, but that's not all that much to do.

Behold, my list

1. Get car serviced
2. Order sheets, curtains, finish prepping room
3. Finish slide deck for dissertation defense
4. Finish writing draft of dissertation to send to committee members
5. Do dissertation revisions as per the suggestions of my committee after my defense
6. Finish Aim 3 manuscript and submit it
7. Complete revise and resubmit for Aim 2 manuscript
8. Read materials for Well Newborn rotation
9. Continue reading peds text so I remember something before I start that rotation
10. Complete application for travel award to meeting in June
11. Register for meetings in May and in June
12. Taxes (I actually see this as a welcome break from all the other stuff I have to do)

Not to mention showing the au pair how to do EVERYTHING, orienting her, getting her set up, etc. over the next couple of weeks.

I'm sure there's other stuff, I just can't remember it all right now.

I'd really like to have #6 and #7 done before my defense too, which is kind of a lot.  Basically, I have to get 2 manuscripts revised and submitted over the next 3 weeks. 

Ok, off to do #4 so I can get this out to everyone by the end of the day.  Still need to finish the abstract.  And I have a meeting on campus from 12:30 - 1:30 that is going to eat up a bunch of time.  Gah!

I have to admit it though, being almost done is kind of exhilarating.