First, have two people defend two doctoral dissertations in 21 days- extra points if you defend one of them twice.
Be sure to have your car break down on the day of the last dissertation- but not until AFTER everything is over, AFTER you've picked up your other, working car from the shop. This works best if you have it break down right next to a parking space on a residential street near your house.
Start walking home, until your husband drives by (in the working car) and helps you push the non-working car into said parking spot. Take out your backpack, your change of clothes, your present from co-worker A, and your present FOR co-worker B, lock up, and drive away praising Jesus.
Go to the party at your boss's house for your defense- only an hour late.
Be sure to sleep for eight hours, then roll out of bed to a slate gray sky, and pack bathing suits and sunscreen.
Walk past the packed boxes, past empty boxes, past laundry, past bills, and past Histology of the Nervous System in Two Volumes, and past backpack and change of clothes still left by the door from last night.
Drive past broken-down car, and don't look back.
Finally, enjoy a wonderful day at the beach soaking in the sun (or shade), surf, snacks, frozen margarita and dinner date.
