November already?

I'm not sure that I am ready for it to be November. I am as busy as I can imagine being, working 9-12+ hour days seven days a week. And I have some really surious deadlines coming up with the dissertation. Since I can't work harder I am going to have to work smarter. So what is the smarter way to go??

I won't go in boring details of how I met with students before and after both classes yesterday thus keeping me (literally) talking from morning to dusk with a 45 min. lunch break! Had a nice cool 'lime' with a colleague last night (my apt. complex had a very quiet, though ambitious, Halloween party). And then last night I did something crazy - almost no work!! That is right I watched tv, talked to Richard and almost went to bed early. And then I started to do some emails (thinking better in the night than in the morning). Though I did get to bed before 2am and slept pretty well. I have started taking 3 melatonins a night (vs. one) and am having more restul sleep. Not the best ever but better than before (I got up before 9 this morning not in to much pain).

And continuing on the writing with negatives. I didn't blog about Monday. It was a sucky day though productive. Grading grading and more grading. And over a dozen (or two?) emails form students about papers. And what else? I dunno but I worked from 12pm - 1am straight on Monday, feeling sick all the while. :(

So if November is going to be busier, if I am going to get more done, then no I am not ready for November.