Thesis Days

I look terrible today. Really it was just one of those mornings: it was raining when I woke up to go to the gym. It's a little cold outside. And its a thesis day. Therefore I had little incentive to take a blow drying to my hair and try to make it do something. Same goes for the clothes. I'm currently sporting a pair of Baylor sweatpants and a fleece. I'll likely wear it to band this afternoon. If you were to see me on a regular basis you would know I'm not the pajamas to class kind of girl.
Oh well.
Today's a Thesis Day.
Since the beginning of the semester I've been using the four hours between History and band to work diligently on my thesis. That's nothing special, but as of two weeks ago Wednesday I was done, done, DONE! As far actually writing at least. Now it all has to be edited. Chapters need to be woven together and holy cow if you could see my rough draft- they're unorganized messes of information just waiting for me to put them in an order that actually makes sense and conveys a meaning. Good news though, I've nearly finished drafts of the Intro and Chapter 1 (pending the ok from the Big Editors: Mom and Dad) and am starting Chapter 2 as we speak. If all goes as planned I'll have a polished draft to my adviser by this weekend, which means a week to prepare the draft with her for the rest of the committee before my defense. Haha, three more weeks and if all goes well I'll be done by Easter.
Easter needs to get here soon.
But not too soon.
I could easily be loosing mind in the midst of everything that has to get done. Should prove for some interesting posts in the future.

Oh, and in case your interested. My thesis abstract (read: summary):

“All the Attributes that Distinguish such a Life:” Family and Society in the Antebellum South

The Family unit is perhaps the single most important structure in Southern culture, particularly within the paternalistic world of the nineteenth century planter class. Not only did the concept of family provide the groundwork for a popular argument in favor of slavery, but also supported the cultural foundation of public honor as well as enforced the genderization of southern youth. This thesis examines the relationships southern men and women shared within their family first as children, then as young adults seeking to start families of their own, highlighting how men and women identified themselves within their families and, by default, larger society differently. Finally, it looks at how the American Civil War threatened to shake the traditional views of southerners and drive the family into a more modern institution.