What's another year?

So, it has come to this. I talked to Gary yesterday about the job market and my future, and...I'm just not ready yet. I SO wanted to be done by next summer. It pains me to add an additional year to this whole grad school process, but I just don't know how in the heck I would finish by next summer. And I would not be looking too great on the job market this fall either. So, I'm aiming to finish after NINE years. Ugh. I am not sure how that's going to go. I hope it makes me feel less stressed (I certainly do feel some relief), but I also know that it means that the ick of not feeling like a productive member of society will continue for an additional year. Maybe I will find some way to deal with that in DC. My mom suggested I be a Walmart greeter. She really meant that maybe I should try to do a few hours of week of something non-thought-provoking/stress-inducing. Probably not gonna happen. The Walmart part, that is. Now if the Container Store (so excited there's one of those in DC!)/Target/Claire's/The Icing needed a greeter...Hmmmm...

P.S. Why does SSCC hate me? I have a buttload of crap to do this morning and I can't connect and their website isn't working either. Argh!