keep going Lara!

am back to work now... after an unplanned week off. today has been a lazy start, catching up with emails, payments etc. i've also been looking for a house. i didn't realise that moving was so hard! now am off to work on a paper i want to publish. my supervisor hasn't said anything yet how is everyone else doing?

congratulations on the hard-work Lara. i haven't read all the posts. only the last one and looks like you're achieving something. well done!!

hey Lara and others. hope you're doing great. sorry i've been away. i even managed to forget about the forum !!! after handing in i've taken my mind off my thesis since and been working on papers, catching up with movies, i just watched SATC!!! went out with new friends this week, went shopping, and i'll be out again on Thursday!!! am really loving the unplanned break, i was down and under pressure for so long, and am glad i've taken the time off. i can now look forward to writing. i feel bad that my last hand in was not perfect and am not looking forward to hearing from my supervior, but hey... am happy. am not sure i'll be able to work tomorrow, because am not feeling very well. hopefully thursday, but at least am working on something different and actually looking forward to it. meanwhile, am finalising travel arrangements for my exotic write-up holiday. i'll be leaving in July after my annual review to a place in Africa. can't wait!!

SillyBilly - that's it right there. I already belong to my family. why should i belong to his?????? its him am marrying not his family. so i can keep my name.

thanks guys. am going to have mine after literature review. i had them combined before and it was hard to make it work.

what's the purpose of a theoretical framework? it is to make an argument or to show how an argument will be made or tested or is it a collection of theories. mine provides a framework upon which to test an argument.

which one comes's first in your thesis? the literature review or the theoretical framework?

from a young person's perspective, coming from a society where Dr's are grey haired, am not sure i want to use my title til am in my fourties. first, people act differently around you, so its becomes a problem knowing your true friends. people also try to circumvent other things you're doing.

as for changing names, that am not doing. am staying Dr. J. X. If my neighbours want to call me Mrs. Y, thats fine. but am definitely not gonna be Dr. J. X-Y. I don't see why I should adopt a man's name just because he is my husband. am not property so that i have to change names when i change hands.

thanks everyone. i've been celebrating. back to work now.

thanks everyone. i've been celebrating. back to work now.

i finally handed in! yeah not as good a draft as i would have hoped, but at least it's a draft. it feels so good to print the entire thing.

6412 words!!!! wow. you're doing great... considering those are near perfect words.

today is going ok. still have a way to go. hopefully i'll be done by 6pm.

goodnight Lara. i think i'll call it a day now. i can barely keep my eyes open.