had lunch - I made my own soup with carrot, swede, parsnip, onion and spices and whizzed it all up. I hate veg, so its the only way I can get 5 day (or more like 3 in my case). I wonder if galaxy ripples count as one of 5 a day?

Done the lecture -now I just have to re-learn the content over the next week.

NExt Goal: take dog out.

Heh, I'm eating Smarties while I work, wish they counted as vegetables!

This morning, I had my first meeting with the second potential hosts of my research. It went really well - they've agreed to host the study and seem to be excited about how they could apply my research findings once it's done. So I'd better get on and do it! Goals for this afternoon are:

1.) Catch up on the gazillion emails that seem to have filled up by inbox while I was away this morning
2.) Email second study hosts with summary of things we agreed this morning and list of documents I need from them
3.) Arrange meeting with second supervisor
4.) Arrange trip to Paris to present research (!!!)
5.) Continue redrafting questionnaire

Button - I'm curious - what does the VIP represent?!

Oooh trip to Paris!

I really can't focus on my Case for support any more. It requires a lot of thinking and I'm not up to it.

I have various sections to fill in for each of the grants so I am just going to pick and choose and do whatever I can focus on.

congrats on the host organisation Batfink - I urge you to take down loads of details about them as I'm currently doing the 'research context' bit in my method section and while i have anonymised them, I've had to put in loads of info about their employees etc. e.g. stats about numbers of each group and the number of hierarchical levels etc. v dull and I wish I'd done it earlier!

Taken the dog out.

Next goal: to sit and write out one entry for my other project - will prob take ages :-(

THere's a sticky thread on the VIP thing, apparently it means that Button has done a review for PGF. well done button (up)

Thanks Sneaks, I'm collecting all that sort of information at the moment so hopefully it won't be too bad to write up! Supervisor warned me to keep notes on absolutely everything and write some things up as I go, so that's exactly what I'm doing!

Trip to Paris is looking very positive :-) I'm one of two UK based PhD students presenting to a research group at a large and influential international company that might possibly be interested in funding post-doc work in my area - yikes! No pressure there then! And they're paying for me to go there by Eurostar and stay in a hotel overnight. Trying not to be overwhelmed by just how big this opportunity could be...

Anyway, this afternoon I've gone through emails and sorted out various things, but not managed to send email to organisation I met this morning, or do any further work on my questionnaire design. But I can do that tomorrow morning. I have a cold and my ears are popping so I may call it a day for today and get a fresh start tomorrow!

Morning everyone.

I was asleep just after 9 tonight so I am feeling so much better today.

My first goal is to rewrite and add some bits to my summary.

up bright and early - well ish. Need to walk the dog and then carry on with work from yesterday before my supervisor calls to tell me what I need to do today.

Summary is finished. My next goal is to draft out the impacts section.

Been through a few emails and stuff already this morning, so time to get on with proper work now!

Goals for today:

1.) Email organisation I met yesterday (goal carried over from yesterday!)
2.) Work on redrafting questionnaire
3.) Read 2 or 3 journal articles

I'm getting on with some work finally - not PhD though.

I've also got the urge to completely blow off the day and sit and watch all three twilight movies. I am Sneaks and I have OCD (Obsessive Cullen Disorder) :-(

feeling cold today because there's a base of a treadmill stopping me closing my home office door - its far too heavy to lift so having to sit with a hot water bottle. Sup just phoned with tons to do, although I've got a little bit further with the non-PhD work (the other non-PhD work)

How annoying, Sneaks! I'm very glad to be warm after so many weeks without heating....

Goal one done, plus various other silly little admin-type jobs. Now the decks are a bit clearer to get on with some proper work!

I'm suddenly starving. But sup hung up half way through my call to talk to someone on her mobile. She said she'd be 5 mins but its half an hour later and I want to make an early lunch (turkey)

Research impacts section has been drafted. I am now going to give my brain a break and head to the gym. I'm aiming to be sat back down by 4.15 and I will then redraft the entire Case for support and hopefully get it emailed to my mentor tonight.

Making good progress on my questionnaire. I keep being interrupted by my other half though - his Masters dissertation is due in this Friday and he keeps fretting and getting into a panic about finishing on time, poor lad. Oh well, next week he can spend the whole time playing computer games and leave me to get on with my work!