End of Semester Blues

Well, here I am at almost the end of my first semester as a doctoral student. I have a presentation staring me in the face for Tuesday (Power Point savvy I am not), a 7 page paper for theatre history I've barely started on, a script to revise, and a final packet to put together for theatre management. I think I'm at a critical meltdown point now. I know I need to get this stuff done, but I have absolutely no motivation at all. Nada, not a bit, nothing! This is bad, really bad. I don't want to end my first semester by failing my classes - LOL! However, the upside is that I have to work as house supervisor for the department production of "Death of a Salesman" this evening and Saturday evening, which means I have a lot of time to sit in the theatre lobby and be productive. What else are you going to do during an almost three hour show when someone has to be in the lobby the entire time? You got it, homework! Everyone else is in the same boat though - the end of the semester has a tendency to do that to people. I know I'll get it all done - I have to. Pressure and deadlines can be great motivators! :) Ah well, after May 5 the semester will be over and I can breathe a huge sigh of relief until summer school starts May 27 - woo hoo!