I've been feeling really tired all day today.  I was going to take care of the dishes, but I've just been watching TV instead.  I did find some books for one of my papers/presentations though, so that's good.  I'll pick them up at the library tomorrow.  It's been snowing all week, though there hasn't been much accumulation.  I don't have to work the rest of the week, which is good, because the house needs to be cleaned, there are 3 papers and 1 presentation to work on, and I need to start planning our drive next week.  We're going to Massachusetts to spend Thanksgiving with Jason's family.  I'm looking forward to it, but it's going to take a lot of planning.  I have a 20 minute presentation to do the Monday after and I've only gotten as far as picking a topic.  I'm looking at Su Friedrich, who is an experimental film maker whose films have a lesbian/feminist bent to them.  My other presentation will be on the early history of the Art Institute of Chicago.  I also have 2 papers due the Thursday after Thanksgiving.  One is on Safavid and Mughal architecture, and for the other one I need to come up with my own theory of modern and postmodern architecture.  So overwhelming.  I wish Thanksgiving was actually a time off for me, but students don't really get any time off.  And on top of that, all four animals will be coming with, which is going to be crazy.  3 travel kennels, one dog blanket, two full size cages, bags of food, hay, bedding, and treats, as well as Harlock's prescriptions.  I'm a little worried, I don't know if they'll even fit in the car, and I'm not sure how Mortie's going to do.  He's a bit wild.  But, one thing that has amused me for the last couple of days is the fact that Mortimer is half pink.  Seriously.  Hot pink.  I gave him a pink mineral treat yesterday and he took it into his castle, where he chewed it up.  He's a messy eater though, so when he laid on top of it, it turned his underside, which is usually white, pink.  He actually looks cute.  I think I'll give him a green one at Christmas so he can be a festive little man haha.