My brain is completely fried. I have finally completed a solid first draft of my research proposal and it is 12 583 words in length. Once again, I completely under estimated the effort required. I have had the whole week to focus on the paper and have worked consistently on it, averaging at least 6 hours of effort each day. Today is Saturday and I have been working at the Second Cup steadily for 6 hours and I am finally done. I was hoping to have a bit of down time this week, including taking today off, but it was not meant to be.
I am heading home now. It is a beautiful day and I am going to catch some rays outside before having a nap. The week ahead will be focused on editing. I have a meeting with my supervisor on Thursday afternoon and will integrate her feedback as appropriate. If the feedback is relatively minor I should be able to submit this paper next Saturday. Keeping my fingers crossed!