So close, yet so far

The official countdown is:
43 days until I am done with the semester of class, 7 more glorious weeks.
66 days until I get married
68 days until I fly to Hawaii (the only thing keeping me sane right now)

I've decided that wedding planning isn't the worst thing in the world, it's grad school on top of the wedding planning. This semester isn't the worst ever, but I don't seem to have the time to fully commit to it. At this point, I'm so much more focused on being done with the whole program, that I just want to write my thesis now. The thought that, in one years time (+43 days) I will be done with school. That is assuming I get my thesis done on time, but no more classes, and most importantly, no more homework!! I have realized that while trying to accomplish everything so quickly, I am doing everything really half-assed. The good thing is that it will only be for a short while more and then I can give things the appropriate amount of attention that is needed. Lately I keep thinking about a women I worked with at my first job out of college. She was planning her wedding, but wasn't very good about getting her job done at the same time. At the time I thought to myself, What is so hard about that? Just because you're getting married doesn't mean you can't handle your job! I still believe that somewhat. But for me, its the 3 things and a finace that can't make decisions that's killing me slowly... and the fact that I want to train for a 1/2 marathon.

As it turns out, the woman really couldn't do her job and was fired a few weeks after her honeymoon. She took the week before her wedding off and the two weeks after. At the time I thought, Really? Three weeks off? Is that necessary? I now find 3 weeks off to be a complete and utter necessity.