Restful day, a.k.a. freaking out

So, for the first time this spring break, I took the day off. I stayed home, did next to nothing, watched TV and skimmed over some stuff that I thought I'd be reading. I also got some grading done.

But now, at the end of the day - ohmibluebellingblasters!
I've realized, quite suddenly I have a thesis to complete in the next two months. And I haven't a plan on how to do it. I don't have a thesis schedule, my prospectus is not yet done and alongside getting this done, I need to teach, do a conference and prepare for comps.
(Shallow, panicked breathing here). Awright. I'm going just a little bit bonkers thinking of this.
I hadn't planned to end my day thus, all panicky and with the crazy. But here it is.

Need. Deep. Breaths.

Day 20: A correction. Tao, Some Nautical Allusions of my own and Things when I most need them.

Apparently, I misquoted a certain witch. The corrected quote is:
"Much as I respect the bottle, the point is that the bottle must be respected."
My apologies (*grin*).

Also, RDP has posted a Longfellow poem, which seems like an eerie echo of this verse from the Tao Te Ching:

Do you have the patience to wait
till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
till the right action arises by itself?

At this moment, I'm stillness FAIL.
In the last two months, I've imploded more than once.
I've been feeding my fears and giving in to paranoia.
I need to find some way of remembering Tao, (the rather cheesy logic of the waves) and the importance of Slayage

When you use the Way to conquer the world,
Your demons will lose their power to harm.
It is not that they lose their power as such,
But that they will not harm others;
Because they will not harm others,
You will not harm others:
When neither you nor your demons can do harm, 
You will be at peace with them.

Life

She died at 3 pm today.
And she will again, tomorrow.

that was about me
this is about me
everything else, is just space.

Regret

if you're lured away by possibility

the not-me

where will I be then?

And will you regret me?