Proposal Madness

And no, not that kind of proposal either, for all of you getting your hopes up!

For those of you who don't know, I'm trying to get a masters degree in English Literature and, as this is my first semester, I'm taking a tour through the medieval & Renaissance periods. Now, this is really not my thing. The only way I can describe it is if you were starving and you hate sushi, but the only place to eat is a sushi restaurant, so you order the California roll and it's ok but you're really not satisfied.  Anyway, the above picture is my meltdown last night trying to pull together an argument for my paper on "Everyday Life in the Renaissance." Thankfully I've moved on and the paper proposals are in as good a place as I could hope right now.

So, no Thanksgiving Twofer Pie in the Singleton's Kitchen this week.  I really don't like pie.  I love strawberry pie, I'll grudgingly eat a slice of apple pie, and I'm ok with plain pecan pie but that, my friends, is it.  Now, I do love to make pie.  The problem is, there's no one around these parts to eat the pie that I make.  Add to that combination to very sticky paper proposals that I need to finish, oh, I don't know, 24 hours ago (not really, they're due tomorrow but I need to finish them NOW!) and there isn't going to be any pie making around here.  I'm leaving to go home to Houston on the 7:40 flight tonight and no one, but no one, messes with my mom's Thanksgiving kitchen so, once again, no Thanksgiving Twofer Pie.  

So, I'm back to my paper proposals.  Thankfully I've gotten past the complete pulling out of hair and gnashing of teeth phase.  With any luck, I'll have both of these babies turned in by 4 pm this afternoon.