Thank you! Had a quick look at it and found it very helpful!

@Ady, not 'stack overflow' messages for me (just tested it!!), maybe contact admins?

Well done Eska for your hard work!

Sorry things are not going well yr end Ady and I hope things improve soon;-) could it be that the laptop's memory is a bit full? That's what my old laptop does when it can't cope. Maybe emptying temporary folders/bin etc and defragmenting could help? Not sure about language setting and internet I'm afraid but I wonder if your internet provider might help if you call them about the issues you're having and just casually mention the non-connection issues 'because you're not sure if it's related' or maybe your uni's IT?

Batfink, you sound so relaxed!! I wish it'd rub off on me!! I'm soo stressed!

Finished my reviewing though. Goals now:
1) Have lunch - i'm starving!
2) Read through the revised versions of the two chapters I've been working on
3) Write a bit more on my introduction
4) Start revising another chapter

Hi Wombles,

I'm sorry you're struggling with your PhD at the moment. I'm afraid mine is on a completely different area so I can't help you directly... but when I was struggling with a particular aspect I started contacting people in the fielf asking for help. I received mixed responses, some polites 'Sorry I can't help you' but others helped me or gave me names of others who they thought could help me. I'm not sure if this is an option at all for you...

Let us know how it goes and good luck!

Good morning!

I'm hoping today will be a better day than yesterday. I need it to be better as I'm already running behind! So I'm off to finish editing that chapter from yesterday.

Eska, don't be so impressed, it wasn't the whole chapter, just parts of it. I didn't manage to do the second one in the end as a friend called with a crisis so I ended up spending 3 hrs on the phone...

The second chapter will have to wait till tomorrow now:-(

Good for you Eska! I've moved a bit further along. A couple of phone calls and dinner got in the way lol I'm back though. I really want to finish this today so it could be a longer day than usual for me.

Oh, oh... I'm nowhere closer to the end than I was last time I posted. I had a nap!! I was so tired!! Not sure it's helped with the tiredness but a strong cup of coffee will wake me up and I'll be ready again.

One down, one to go...

Hi Batfink! Well done! Sounds like you had such a great time(up)

I hope you manage to do everything before then Sneaks!

First goal for today:

1) Finish revising two chapters - I really must do these...

I have two supervisors and both have received every single draft. They generally agree on the most things and when they don't, I email them with my query and we have a discussion around it. All very healthy and helpful! It's a bit like buy one get one free! Lol it is double the work though...

Just remember that they're advising you and the research is yours so you only need to take on board what you wish, but generally speaking I normally encourage people to listen to their sups as usually they have more experience and want what's best for us.

I'm here! My day is starting today... Better late than never:$

Need to finish editing two chapters really so I can move on to other (not necessarily better) things...

Same here, I add all of my sups suggestions. I had a table for dummy coding if that helps...

Thanks for that! I'm not sure I'll have enough time as my work is due soon but I'll look them up anyway... ta