First, I should say that I greatly appreciate the support.  People are very kind to ask how I'm doing and how the "big D" is coming.  However, writing a dissertation has proven (for me) to be much like pulling out my eyelashes one at a time with tweezers.  (OK, I've never pulled my eyelashes out one at a time, but go with me here).

 Because my daughter is just a toddler, she's busy and into things on the weekends, and I need to keep an eye on her.  My husband tries, but Heaven help us all, forgets important things like feeding her and changing her diaper.  I guess that it's just because he knows that I am still technically 'home' even if I'm off limits while I'm doing my dissertation that I end up doing most of the child care, and so can't get more than 15 uninterupted minutes to complete a thought.  In the evenings, she goes to bed by 7, but then I have to make dinner and do laundry and somehow it's 9 pm and I'm sitting down to write while propping my eyes open with toothpicks, only to pack things up by 10 because I must be up at 6:30 to get her ready for daycare.

I know that it's possible, but I just wish that it were easier to carve out some time to complete this, because once it's done, I feel that I'll be able to be a better Mommy, and a better wife.