Hope she rings back soon Sneaks and that it isn't a scary phonecall! How is your haircut, had much taken off?

I've just repainted my nails, can't stand typing with horrible chipped nails!

wow you'd hate my nails then, they are constantly filthy because I stroke my cat/dog and the dirt just seems to go into my nails! I had them 'done' for my wedding and the manicurist (??) looked at me at disgust when I said i didn't oil them everyday. No one told me I had to oil them! (ssssh I still don't do it!)

Had about a foot taken off my hair - it was WAY too long, feels odd now, but I guess its ok.

Sup phoned back, told me that my ideas were ok but not expressed clearly enough grrrrrr.

So.....Goal 1: lunch haha!

Oiling nails? I've never even heard of that!

My first goal is done. My second goal is to briefly read over some stuff about 'sibling rivalry' and to incorporate this into the section I'm working on.

Boo to supervisors, they're hardly ever as nice and encouraging as we want them to be!

I'm cold again today, and feel like I'm coming down with a cold too, which would hardly be a surprise. Director of the lettings agency promised to phone me today with news about repairs to my heating but so far no phone call. Oh I am so surprised. I haven't got the energy to shout at them again but I suppose I'll have to. I'm giving them til 2pm.

Goal one achieved, anyway. That's some progress. Now for goal 2.

I've started working with a hot water bottle under my feet and it is SO much better :-)

Still not really started work, but workign on a section now.

I guess my goal is to finish that at the end of the day - but looks doubtful!

Goal 2 achieved, and then I started thinking about other work, but my cold is getting worse by the minute. I feel really fluey and shivery now. May well just go to bed. And the lettings agency people haven't called me back, even though they promised to when I rang them at 2 o'clock. Gah.

Omg Sneaks - a foot taken off your hair!! I bet it feels much lighter now, it'll be easier to wash and dry as well!

I think oiling nails refers to putting cuticle oil on them to keep them soft and to stop the cuticles from drying out - I don't do this often enough either but my nails are almost always polished - its my little luxury and I prefer typing with nice nails, as shallow as that sounds!

Hope you're resting up Batfink and feel better soon.

I'm working on a chapter and want to get another 400 words done by the end of the day, hopefully by the time I leave work in an hour.

Right. Yesterday I ended up going home at 2.30 because I was so tired, couldn't focus and figured there was no point sitting at my computer but not actually doing anything all afternoon.

My first goal today is to rework one analysis section.

I am breaking my first goal into several smaller goals because to do the whole section properly is going to be quite a lot of work. This afternoon I will read around 'sibling rivalry' and write a small section on this.

Second goal done. I'm now having a break from the data chapter and will finish the day by spending an hour working on my theoretical background section.

wow you're really going for it star-shaped!

I'm just trying to create a dataset, so lots of copying and pasting to and from Spss and Excel :-(

Hi, can i join in too? I don't get much done during the day as bambinos use up all of my time ;-) but I do crack the whip in the evenings! I have all chapters in draft with feedback addressed for chapters 1-7. Chapter 8 Discussion is with supervisors.....oh dear am nervous about this one. Otherwise I need to edit and format, sort out appendices, reference section etc ,'so near and yet so far' springs to mind

So my aim tonight is to revisit chapter 1 lit review for one area as I feel it lacks something now all of the chapters are drafted.

My first goal today is to redraft one piece of analysis.

My goal today is try and finish a section in my method chapter whilst simultaneously teaching hmm, will see how I go!

Good luck Sneaks- balancing PhD work and teaching in one day can be tiring!

My first goal is done.

My second goal is to flesh out a further subsection.