ok I am feeling slightly panicked now, I was going to put aside today to sort out and plan the next month of work. I've just had 4 emails from sup asking for work now and then she wants to call me later today argh! - this is all non-PhD stuff she wants to talk about and I really wanted to focus on PhD stuff today :-(

Star-shaped- plump isn't the word for me, I feel positively enormous! I need to lose 11lbs in 10 weeks because that's when my first fitting for my wedding dress is! I then need to stay that size until my wedding...hmm that may not happen.

Sneaks- what a pain :( is there any way you can ignore her? I don't really know what to suggest. Try not to panic though.

Anyway, I've surprised myself and wrote 750 words today so far, and most of it sounds alright!

Goal 2- finish section I'm working on

ok, she's now sent me an email apologising for all the emails lol - although that's got me quite scared that she might be lurking on here :$

Button, I have 3 and a half stone to lose :-( and I need to lose at least 2 stone by May cos I'll be a bridesmaid and don't want to look awful in all the photos. What kind of dress have you gone for?

I am also panicking a bit today because I have so many different things to be doing and don't feel like I have enough time for them all. And these are grant applications, marking and a journal paper and I've not even had time to consider the actual thesis.

I have written a draft of half of the summary section for my grant application. I'm feeling a bit stuck with it so my next goal is to bang out a draft of the ethics section which I will do before lunch.

I too am panicking as have so many bits of things to do that I can't concentrate on just one thing at a time. Have just printed off calendar from now 'til end of June, that's my finishing goal - hopefully submitting August-ish!!! It looks a lot of days but time seems to go so fast these days.

Goal today is get realistic schedule drawn up to meet that end of June deadline.

she's just emailed again asking for non-phd work asap :( this will take hours to do :( and then I'm technically working on another project for the rest of this week.

Its getting so hard to squeeze my PhD in anywhere.

Plus the house I'm is super heated at the bottom and freezing at the top. I'm sitting at the bottom, but its getting to the point where my face is burning its so hot in here!

I constantly have that problem, very annoying and yet tough to say 'No' particularly when it emanates from your own supervisor as is also my situ. You could do what she wants this week but then ask for a meeting to sort out your schedule for the months ahead, i.e. remind her that you're doing a PhD and are concerned about time slipping away etc.


Didn't manage to say 'No' to that Spots 'n Stripes bar I just had :-(

I now have a rough draft of the ethics section. I have only used 1/4 of the maximum character count so far so I'm sure there loads more which needs to go in but I am moving on for now (I can totally identify with the feeling of not being able to concentrate on one thing!).

My next goal today is to hopefully finish the analysis section of my journal paper.

Just been asked to give 1st year tutorials this semester and I said 'NO' - therefore feel I have scored a 'No' goal :)

Bernards Watch would be excellent, Although I suppose you'd finish the PhD and look like you've aged 10 years rather than 4 because of the extra time you had doing it (?)

ah, I've just had a cup of milk and honey - so probably isn't great for a diet. I've got the first cold I've had for about 3 years, its a horribly painful soar throat :-(

Don't worry about a cup of milk Sneaks- there was a study with people on diets and the group that ate yoghurt 3 times a day lost more weight than the group that didn't. Something to do with calcium aiding weight loss, so it's not such a bad thing.

Anyway, I now have the main bulk of my analysis section sorted. I still need to go through and look at the overall structure and make sure the sections transition into each other smoothly but I'm leaving it for now.

My next goal is to get 200 or 300 words of the conclusion drafted. The conclusion I wrote for the original chapter is being more or less cut completely so unfortunately its a case of actually writing rather than just editing with this one.

Gah, I'm making no progress this afternoon. I keep getting distracted by the internet (ahem). And I made a huge pan of vegetable and bean chili which will keep me fed for about a week. I suppose that's some progress, but not the kind I intended!

I am now going to focus non-stop on my work for the next hour. Apart from getting up to stir the chili of course!

Finally done the work for sup, although she'll think it took 30 mins rather than about 4 hours :-s

Next goal - work out when my lectures are this term :$