We could really use some prayer over the next week and a half. Anna has to finish a class in order to graduate in two weeks and that class is entirely dependent on one paper. She is still struggling with the direction of paper and her adviser is nearly impossible to get a hold of (department chair, finishing up another degree). We should have about as many interviews as we really need, although not nearly as many as what we were originally hoping for. I just noticed that I'm writing about this as if it were my paper, but for the next two weeks, I think both of our lives are going to rotate around this paper. However, in order for Anna to use those interviews, they need to be transcribed, which falls to me. Now for those of you who have never done transcription, it is a slow, tedious process. For every hour of interview, you can figure on at least 6 hours of time transcribing it (and I have at least 8 hours of interviews to transcribe). Oh, and did I mention that I'm still teaching full time and Anna is scheduled to work from 8am to 8pm for the next seven days! But the most important thing that we need is direction for her paper.