Pact for the Day

1. I will make and drink coffee and feed the cats

2. I will EXERCISE so that I am fit to be around other human beings, cats and tomato plants without repelling them due to my black mood/hostility---30-45 minutes on the elliptical trainer in the am and 45-60 min. lower body in the pm/afternoon

3a. I will summarize CAM use by pre-HAART HIV+ white gay men in the early am

3b. I will call cat and MP in the late am and snivel pitifully on the phone .

4. I will eat a good lunch, possibly with Karen

5. I will summarize CAM use by post-HAART HIV+ individuals in the afternoon

6. I will add a 1-2 page statement of the problem to the opening of the chapter in the late afternoon

7. I will have a good dinner

8. I will use JF's summary of venerable medical anthropologists to create and tack on my own afterthought in the evening.

9a. Before bed, I will reward myself by writing my overview of chapters, and I will make myself sound like avery cool hip and impressive researcher.

9b. If I have made myself proud with my accomplishments, I will call seedmoon and say hello or leave a message reporting my progress in the evening.

Diss Update

DONE: coffee made, cats fed, cardio done, pre-HAART CAM section done, lunch and dinner made and eaten, transitions between sections written, theoretical argument constructed/set up, new section labeled

DITCHED: Phone calls, Karen lunch, weights--scrambling to make the deadline

STILL TO DO: post-HAART CAM use (3-4 pages), statement of problem (1 page), summary of venerable medical anthroplogists (2-3 pages), overview of chapters (6 paragraphs)

NEW PACT: Will do post-HAART CAM section and overview before bed

Statement and summary will be done tomorrow in the am before work.