Tonight I spent a lot of time working up a job application. Maybe these will begin to take less time once I do a few more of them, but it reminded me of all the paperwork and coordination I had to manage when I was applying for grad school. Next week I won’t have to go to work OR to school, and I’ll have more time to consider where I should be looking for work, so I guess I should feel OK about getting one application done, and worry about doing more later.

I haven’t beaten the exhaustion yet. Today I got home from work ready to tackle cleaning up and organizing the school stuff. But I sat on the sofa and suddenly everything hurt, legs, arms, head, hands. So I took a nap. Wonderful things, naps. A reference librarian at work told me it took her a week after she graduated with her MLS to get back on her feet. I am still astounded at the physical toll going to school apparently has had on me!  It has similar effects to running a marathon, and a similar sense of satisfaction as well.

Graduation is Friday!