GOOD LUCK Armendaf!! i have every confidence that your sup will be happy with your progress, you so can submit by end of october!! definately. thats a very impressive amount of work you have done, well done you!! let us know how the meeting goes tommorow!

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Thanks Pari and Ruby, you two are so sweet :-)
slowly losing motivation now, but will carry on. slowly section by section will get this damn chapter done grrrrr:-s

Hey Lara.....
There is light at the end of the tunnel.....If u set ur sights on the goal (finishing ur thesis) u will not see any obsticles...... And my dear grl u r almost done.... Give the last few days of ur thesis writing all that u have....Go for it girl.....I have faith that ur thesis will turn out to be excellent.....So gud luck with it....
Amendarf....I have been sensing some positive things are going to happen for u t'row..... I know that all will go on well....Go on....Impresses ur supervisor...Get him floored!!!! we r all with u!!!! wishing u all the best.... Do post as to what happens t'row... we all are very anxious for u... have a gud night...and an even better day t'row!!!!*hugs*
Have finished most of my work today...will complete little tit bits t'row... have my first lab meeting t'row!!! (Hurrah!!! me soo xcited!!) and I will also do my first set of expts t'row.....Yipieeeeee...So I am allll xcitttedddd!!!!!!Hope t'row turns out to be a great day for u as well Amendarf!!!
Off I go to bed!!!
Gud night , sleep tight!!! n dont let the bed bugs bite!!!!!
lpve u all!!!

im going to sleep, cant stay awake anymore. one section remaing for chp 1. will do it tommorow. and then fill missing sections in chp 2 and 6. just need one more day

im so sleepy

Lara, I can almost imagine you falling asleep under your laptop in your last post, I hope you're ok today. Great that it's nearly done though - you can squeeze those last bits out today and that will be it :-s then you can sleep all day and watch as many DVDS as you like - it will be paradise after all this lol! Oh yes!!!

Armendaf, thank goodness you pulled it out of the bag in time, so to speak - a great night's work! Let us know what happens with your supervisor, though it sounds like you've got a clear, eminently do-able plan for submission and hopefully will have no problems with your target date.

Pari, hope you have a good day in the lab! The whole lab thing is a complete mystery to me, but it sounds exciting if it's your first set of experiments! Equivalent to me visiting a new archive or talking to a new designer about their work, I guess.

Anyway.... it's sad but true, I am already in front of the computer as had nightmares last night about not completing in time, and thought it was best to get stuck in asap. :-s It annoys me when I dream about that stuff and the only way to stop it is to get on with the work.

See you later.

Thanks Ruby :-)
yep just need to fill in the missing sections today. i am gonna be so happy when its done!!
okay first aim, complete last remaining section for chapter 1. will post back when its done (battle face) :-s
and i also have nightmares too about thesis connected stuff!
you will complete in time you got plenty of time. the only thing i have learnt through this experience is that work you've done no matter how large or small everyday, counts towards the end. you get there one step at a time. oh and artificial deadlines really help too !! and having a daily routine of writing and working.

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Hi girls,

So last might I emailed my supervisor everything that I've done so far and met him this morning. He still hasn't read what I handed in, and is concerned that even if he and/or somebody else reads it, there won't be time for corrections before submitting. But we agreed that there isn't another option really, and that the thesis does look like it's coming together. So just now I've got an email from him saying that he requested the extension and that he'll get to my chapters tomorrow and will email me again to set up a meeting. All in all, it didn't go too badly.

Today I can't do much since I'm stuck in work until at least 8pm, but tomorrow I will be giving it another go.

Rubyw, I know the feeling, although I don't usually dream like that, or remember if I did, for what it matters; but what does happen to me is that my mind is so busy with such thoughts that I find it difficult going to sleep sometimes and keep just turning around in bed... outcome: I'm wrecked the following morning. I hate it! :-s I hope you are feeling more relaxed now. How is it going today for you?

Lara, I also got that image of you slowly fading away with your fingers still on the keyboard and the computer on your lap. I hope that you've got some well deserved rest and that you are a bit less stressed about that chapter. If I wasn't following your progress, I think I would have already thrown in the towel myself; that, and the fact that I can't roll it over to the next year anymore ;-) But still, you are a great inspiration... Keep on going :-s

Pari, How did the lab meeting go?

So, now I should get some lunch and then clear my to do list before my lecture at 6pm.

Back later 8-)

Hi there,

Lara, glad you're up, I wondered whether you'd overdone it last night. One more little bit and the thing will be done and how magnificently, brilliantly, wonderful that will feel! :-s Yep, I agree with Armendaf, you are an inspiration!

Armendaf, that sounds like a good outcome for you, you'll get it done by the end of October. I was in that situation about not having ages for corrections, that's why I'm bringing my second draft forward to November so it gives me more time to incorporate all their feedback before submission. I'm probably taking too long over slightly pedantic citations etc now, but I'd rather treat this draft like the final one as much as possible.

I'm knackered now, it's that crappy night's sleep i had - refreshing it most definitely was NOT. I've got a fair bit done and am now debating whether to go for a bus ride to get a bit of shopping I need and for a change of scenery. I'll have a coffee and then decide - if my brain goes into pertinent thoughts mode, I'll carry on working. If not, Selfridges here I come.

See you later - good luck Lara :-s (up)

Thanks so much Armendaf for the lovely compliment, that really made me smile, i so appreciate it!

And thanks Ruby also for the kind words :-)

you all are such a pillar of support, and i would have chucked in the towel myself, if it werent for you guys and the constant support and encouragment!

i'm still working on chapter 1, hopefully will get it done within the next hour ! :-s

*starts egg timer*

So relieved to hear that Armendaf, exactly, there is no other choice, might aswell just submit it!! i'm sure you've done a fine job of your thesis.

Burn the boats as they ancient Greeks did, no other option but to follow through.

My sups will say the same thing aswell, that they didnt get a chance to read my final draft, but with less than a week, they will be relieved they didnt have to read it! as i suspect they are too busy and dont really want to!!

but like you said, there is no other choice, we just *have* to submit because of uni regulations! nothing we can do about it. just gotta give it in and be done with it and deal with corrections later!
:-s

and i admire the fact that you work AND are writing up, same for Ruby. i dont know how you people do it!

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hurrah! i finally finished chapter 1. which nicely coincides with my dinner time. my goodness took me the whole day! i always underestimate how long things are going to take lol.

i am now going to eat something, relax for abit. and then go onto chapter 2 and fill in the missing sections.

how is everyone doing?

Ruby ? Armendaf you probably still at work. Pari how was your first day at the labs?

awwwwwwww this thread is 100 days old!! wow *starts putting up streamers*

where is Anthropolaga ???? i hope she's okay whereever she is. well Anthropolaga, wherever you are, hope you are well!!! *drinks a toast of coca cola* in your honour *cheers*

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Hi Girls,

Last thing I read from Anthropologa was that her computer was dead, so probably she hasn't got a new one and probably she is in some remote rural area with poor access to internet. Hopefully some day we'll hear back from our foremother and founder of the thread *raises his glass*.

I've just finished lecturing and am wrecked. I'll go home now and collapse in front of the telly while having dinner.

Lara, congratulations on finishing the chapter. I knew you'd pull it out in time ;-)

Rubyw, did you go shopping? I hope you get a better night sleep tonight.

Pari, how did it go, your lab day?

So, I'm off now... I'll be back tomorrow for more torture :-s:-s:-s

Hellloooo!!!! everyone.....
Seems like today is a day for achievements and good news!!!!!
Firstly Congrats!!!! Amendarf......wow!!! wat a great feeling!!!! *hugs* gud for u.... u deserve it...u worked so hard baby!! u really did.....But now that u have a second chance grab it with both hands....Starting t'row...hope u have a gud nights sleep tonite,,, coz t'row is another day with the laptop and ur work!!!!
Wooow!!! Lara....great ...u finished chapter 1 in 2 days!! unbelievable.... that was amazing... I take 2 days to just write an introduction of 7-8 pages.... u r one hellava amazing woman!!!!
Ruby!!! Great for juggling both work and more work(thesis writing) u r really gud at multitasking....I would have buckled under such immense pressure.....
I have such nice people whom I learn a lot everyday from... u guys whose real names also I dont know... but who have all been a true inspiration in various forms to me.... I salute each one of u...(up)
Yeah!!!! and yesh yesh!!! I remember abt the thread hitting a century mark!!!! hurrah!!!! bring in the champagne ...... Lara ... how abt some gas ballons as well????

....... It was a gud lab meeting today.... I just updated everyone abt my work.....which sounded gud, even to me!!!! haha.... and then the first day at lab...was not as xciting as I thought, I was just shown where things were and I had to order for chemicals which werent there,,, so I didnt have any actual lab work to do... But t'row maybe!!!!!
So xcited for all of u ....
Have a gud nights sleep ....U deserve rest all of u....
Meet u in the morning!!!!
*hugs*

Hello again!

Ooh Lara - chapter 1's done - well done!! Hope the next one gets done quicker - why do these things always take longer???? I'd like to think it's because we've got very high standards and don't want to just produce any old crap for the sake of it. Too diligent for our own good!

Armendaf, yes, have a good rest after teaching, it is tiring. Not that writing a thesis is a piece of cake either, but a different sort of tiredness.

I didn't go shopping in the end, for some reason I started writing again so decided to make the most of it. I had some funny idea that I'd finish this chapter. Huh, I was wrong there - naive or what! Why oh why haven't I finished it yet? I think it's because I keep realising what I've originally missed out in my scribbled edited draft and have to start writing new bits. Annoying. Maybe if I get a good night's sleep I can get up early and finish the thing before noon. And then start on another....aaarrrggghhh the tedium.

Oh well it'll be worth it in the end.

Good luck tonight Lara, and see you all tomorrow for Day 101.