I am sort of in a funk right now. One of my co-workers has made not so thinly veiled statements to me that she believes I am not working hard enough toward my graduate degree. This is from the person who works only 30 hours a week, most of which is spent writing notes to undergrads. I have been waking up at 5:30 so I can read papers before getting on the bus at 7:30, working in lab right up until class starts at 9, hitting class hard for two hours, then working until either seminar starts or I collapse from hunger. I don't leave before 5, usually before 6, where after I eat I start reading and working again until 11. Excuse me....where am I supposed to find MORE time to work. I am very hurt and insulted by this, but I know that I have to suck it up because I will never win with this woman. If I confront her she will get defensive and be even worse to me. If I relay her behavior to Dr. Vercellotti or Dr. Steer it will be even worse. Instead I have this terrible feeling of inadequacy, which is what she wants me to feel anyway. I can't win....

Matt's mom is coming for Easter. I am hoping that a weekend celebrating the holiday will help me out. I won't have a take-home exam (for a change), so that puts some of the pressure off. Next weekend I will probably work. I do need a haircut though...I am pretty scary right now....

Well, I have to get back to work on my take-home exam. This class is taking forever to end.