Completed third essay of the week at 12 noon.

And Nicole is a Godsend lar, popping up on MSN at 2am in the morning ("taught you so much still don't know how to write ah?") and trouble-shooting with only my 200-word thesis, throwing out terms and possible theories to use from the top of her head. Which really did wonders for lifting that incredibly writers' block that I've been struggling so hard with the entire day.

So, so, so, so relieved and grateful. Last night was such a nightmare--in desperate tears over a word count that cannot increase. Thank God for divine intervention. Really.

*big sigh* Liberation for now, at long last. What a week it'd been.