Good luck on the applications, LT! I'm not sure I would do my PhD program over again if I had the chance to go back in time, but it wasn't the worst thing either. Just be extremely wary of excessive student loan debt.

Ugh, couch, I have had terrible lower back pain all week. I'm 95% sure it's stress-related, but knowing that doesn't seem to make it better. I'm going to try twisting around and screaming, "You have no reason to be hurting!!" at it until the pain goes away.