I'm struggling with my thesis today.  My goal is to have a fairly final draft by Thursday, since I'm babysitting all day Friday, and my parents arrive on Saturday and will be here until the 21st, so obviously I won't be getting much work done while they're here.  The good news is that I've got a draft of all three chapters, plus the introduction.  The bad news is that I'm 1,200 words over my maximum word count already, so there's a fair bit of editing to be done.

I've just finished outlining what I've written to see where the gaps are, and again, there's good news - I'm pretty confident that I've covered what I need to cover in terms of research.  I don't think I'm missing any major pieces.  But I'm not sure I've connected the dots in a way that's obvious to a reader who hasn't spent nearly a year working on all this.  I might have a lot of work to do in terms of how things are put together to make the right connections.  I'm not sure, though, because I don't have the energy right now to go over my outline and see how things fit.  

It's a lovely afternoon here - bright blue sky, sunshine, not too hot.  And my mother is keen on doing walking tours of Melbourne while she's here, which should be fun - as long as I have a suitable pair of shoes, which I don't at the moment.  I'm thinking it's time for a shopping break.