State-Dependent Writers

So I'm like in the zone. Been doing quantitative research every waking moment for the last 3 days. The question of What Will I do with the Data Once it's All Collected haunts me, but I will face that challenge once I've finished assessing the internationalization of all 100 CCCU Christian Colleges in the U.S. Think I'll be sitting at the feet of the SPSS guy at the School of Education. Trying to make sense of numbers.

My stomach is pissed so I can't even drink coffee to keep me going. So I've turned to sugar. Which sucks cuz I crash right quick. Maybe I'll turn to Green Tea like Erin & hope my tummy shows hospitality to the smaller dose of caffeine.

The event that kicked me into high gear was this: On Saturday I presented my former research paper at another academic conference & the director of the International Education Center @ George Mason University asked if they could publish my paper as a chapter in a book she is currently compiling. Her insistence that they have been looking for something exactly like what I had presented was one of Those Moments. I felt like I was dreaming. Trying not to get my hopes up, but the positive feedback fueled me to take this semester's research up a notch. I want it to be as good or better. Oh stomach, why won't you let me drink lattes? I would be so much smarter in my state-dependent writing mode...