child careworn

[jrtom]

As y'all know, Corwin's been crawling for a couple of weeks now. Understandably, he's having a ball exploring in ways that he couldn't up until now, and is much less patient with being put in his playpen or any other confined area.

And our apartment is still not feasible to childproof. Too much stuff, too little space.

And I'm still on, two days a week, as the only person watching him during the day.

And full-time child care is still approximately as costly as rent...which is not cheap around here.

And I have managed to get perhaps about an hour's worth of work done today.

(I am theoretically having my candidacy advancement and dissertation topic defense in about 6 weeks. Lots to be done.)

And our child care provider is taking a week's worth of paid vacation next week. (Of course, if _we_ go on vacation, or if he's sick, we still have to pay her the full amount. I don't get paid $60/day to take care of Corwin even when I _am_ taking care of him, much less when I'm not.)

And a week after that, I'm up for jury duty of the usual unknown duration.

*sigh*

I need a break.

Comments

grrflffll

[amnesiadust.livejournal.com]

Actually at Berkeley they don't have a final dissertation defense. No oral hazing, I mean. You just get your committee to sign off on the document (which they may or may not have read carefully) and you're home free.

That's how my predecessor (O He of Awful perl Script Design) escaped... grrr.

Re: grrflffll

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

Actually at Berkeley they don't have a final dissertation defense.

WTF? That's ridiculous. How does the committee know that the student actually knows anything about the subject? I mean, you'd hope that the advisor would know, but I could imagine an advisor just wanting to get rid of a student and, well...

(Not to mention that I believe that demonstrating your ability to answer unexpected questions and communicate clearly through speech is important...)

Re: grrflffll

[amnesiadust.livejournal.com]

How does the committee know that the student actually knows anything about the subject? I mean, you'd hope that the advisor would know, but I could imagine an advisor just wanting to get rid of a student and, well...

You really have no idea how apropos these comments are in this case. :)