h you have made me feel better now. if you are the queen then I am the princess as I have done nearly nothing this wk!!

moon

pretty

Yes i agree. I feel really guilty about it because I feel like I'm not getting enough done.

christmas carol

evil

Hi Tom, welcome to the forum :)

razor

I want to say a word but I don't wanna spoil the latest book for anyone so I won't. So I will say phoenix instead!

have you had to write a report yet? I have to write one for february

Hi,

I have mainly been reading and writing lots of protocols. I have been practicing one of my methods in the lab and have identified quite a few problems with it but I am held up waiting for a reagent. I have basically planned what I am going to be doing so I start collecting and processing samples in the new year.

thanks hilly. It has made me feel really down I love xmas and was really looking forward to some time off with my family. Its made me so unmotivated I don't feel like doing anything.

I am in the first year.

I don't know. I wouldn't mind so much if he just gave me a straight answer. I can't decide whether I should email him again and ask him to clarify i.e. give me a yes or no answer. I had a meeting with him yesterday and he said he was pleased with my progress, I dont think he can be that pleased!

The other Phd students are takingquite a bit of time off. The message I get from his email is that he expects me to take only 1 week and 1 day and that I should be spending this time reading.

Hi,

I emailed my supervisor asking him if I could finish for christmas on the 20th of Dec and come back on the 3rd Jan. I also told him the lab closes on the 23rd and reopens on the 3rd. So basically I want to take 3 days extra off. He mailed me back saying that normally Phd students are allowed to the whole xmas break off. Then he went on about how its a good time for reading and writing. I emailed him back and asked him to clarify this and he said the whole xmas break normally refers to the complete university cloed period. Does anyone know what this means??? I get the impression it means no you can't take it off.

:( sob

bleak house