Is it Friday yet?

I have no theological thoughts today. In fact, I have very little that would resemble any kind of thought today. I'm stressed out and overwhelmed and am seriously wondering if I oughtn't be *cough* *cough* sick tomorrow to try and take care of things lest they overwhelm me further.

For the general amusement of everyone, therefore, I will give you an insight into the various frustrations and/or things that I should be farther along on than I am:

• I have a 7 page research paper proposal (Yes, a paper proposing what I'm going to write a paper about...that format never did make sense to me) due on the 8th. I do think at this point I finally have a topic in mind. But that's all I have. Oh yes, I need to use at least 8 references in the paper. By now, I really should've read those.
• I have to review two textbooks (or one textbook and a product) for another class - those reviews should be potentially publishable and are due the 23rd of Oct. I have read 23 pages of one of the books. You can't just sit down and read a text book (or at least, I can't - well, I'm having a rough go of it, at least), it's not like there's a plot nor are you reading it for specific guidance on a particular thing.
• I have another proposal due somewhere at the end of October and it's like a 10 page something or other but I've given very little thought to it at this point because of the first two bullets, but I do know I have to finish this about a week ahead of when it's due cause it has to go through a formal peer review process first. So I probably should actually know what the hell I'm supposed to be doing for it.
• Somewhere in here I'm supposed to be participating in discussion forums in both classes. Discussions where the instructor asks lame-o questions that are so freaking open ended that you have to go out and do research and read papers in order to write little mini-research papers (in APA style, mind you) in order to participate. And oh, participation is part of your grade. Cause the mountain of other stuff you have to do just couldn't possibly be enough for you to prove that you've learned something.
• Both classes are gung ho on the idea that online learning requires the development of trust and community between classmates. My thoughts on this run the gamut of "What absolute bunk" and "Oh please." Of course, there doesn't happen to be any "scholarly research" from peer reviewed journals to back this up, so I have to read about how important it is for me to love the other people in the class in order to learn anything and then spout off about how insightful that is.
• Most days, I'm lucky if I remember which name is the professor.
• I still feel like I'm learning plenty.
• At work, I have moved from being the go-to girl to fix one person's code to being the go-to girl to fix someone else's code.
• And this one is territorial
• It's much easier to start fresh than to band-aid things.
• Somewhere in here I really need to finish my sister's bathroom so they can have a main floor toilet again, cause, well, it's been a long time and they're getting tired of running upstairs all the time (and I don't blame them at all.)
• Add to this the fact that if I go home and find that the cleaning lady did another half-arsed job cleaning my house, I'm going to be seriously horked. Probably horked enough to just give the heave ho and try to find time in my schedule to clean my house myself. You know, properly.
• Then you have the whole "my company is unstable and probably won't be around too much longer" worry (though honestly, right now, not having a job - by hook or by crook - doesn't seem like such a bad thing.)
• Except that it's good to have money to pay for things like, oh, adoptions.
• If that ever actually happens.

I need a vacation.