I felt like this LAST week

Clancy Ratliff is working on her dissertation, too. Today she quoted from someone's year-old post:

I've been totally useless today. I just can't seem to get anything done. But I am looking at maybe finishing a draft of my second chapter by Monday. That's the good news. Of course, we'll see what the comments are like. No matter. I just keep writing. It might not be great--might not even be pretty good. Nevertheless, it is fifty pages of words with quotations and paragraphs and subheadings. If that ain't a chapter, then I don't know what is.

I'm feeling much better THIS week. (Maybe it's the zero-message inbox) Who knows what next week will bring?