Hi!

What brilliant advice and links about the viva! Your posts are so helpful to all of us. As for the viva, try not to worry about it yet, i was doing the same yesterday. I think although we are concentrating on getting the thesis written i guess it is in the back of our minds!!! Anyway don't worry too much about it at the minute. As for the summary, keep plodding along with it, you are doing so well and are nearly there! Just think how good it will feel to get this in to your supervisors!! As for me, i've managed about an hour and a half of writing!! A bit rubbish but at least it is a start.

Brilliant news!!! Good luck for October

Hi,
Bit by bit club! brilliant!!!!! How is your writing going today?? Mine is going very very slowly and think i will be up quite late tonight just trying to meet my aims for today!!! Still worrying a bit about everything that has gone on with my two supervisors!! I mustn't focus on it and i have to just get on with it but i am just starting to worry about which supervisor is right and i have this sinking feeling that if i go with the wrong one (i.e do or don't merge the chapters) it will affect if i manage to have something decent enough to submit in the end!! Oh well, must not worry and i must get something concrete done today!!!
Hope your work is going well

Thanks Lara for the advice! Hope you have a good day!

Anyway, aims for today (i need to focus and get something done!!!)

Continue with Chapter 3 (hopefully get this finished late tonight) with changes etc.
Aim to get it formatted for the university.

Hope everyone has a great day!

PS Thanks SillyBilly- Curry was lovely, chicken madras, bit hot but yum yum!!!!

had told me to keep chapter 4 and 5 separate as it shows my thought processes and the work i had to do to change my method to get the results i discuss in chapter 5. Anyway i don't know what to do!!!! I am inclined to go with the second supervisor as she is more experienced but to note down all the comments from the first supervisor and make sure i have these clear in my head for any potential viva questions (If i ever get to the viva stage!!!!. It's still quite unsettling though to have such conflicting advice!!!

Hi Everyone!

Very late start for me. Had a bit of a nightmare yesterday as my two supervisors have very conflicting advice about a couple of my chapters so spent a lot of yesterday and this morning in a bit of a panic!! Basically my first supervisor wants me to merge chapter 4 and 5 cutting out some of the material and basically re-writing it. She has not supervised anyone before and my second supervisor (who has supervised many students)

Hi all,

Glad everyone seems to be having a good day. Also just met my aims for today! Tomorrow i am going into work to use the office computer and am out tomorrow night so may not get much chance to post. Therefore aims for tomorrow :

1. Do my figures for chapter 1 (files at work so have to go in)
2. Email proteomics dept regarding some of my results (am a bit stuck understanding some of them!!)
3. Work on chapter 3!
4. Go out for a much needed curry in the evening!!!!
Hope everyone achieves aims for tomorrow and will post again Friday!!!

Hi

What a great thread!! Your celebrations are infectious! Am feeling more positive myself now!!! Long may your celebrations continue!!!!!!

Hi Lara,

Glad you are feeling better and hope the sore throat heals!! Sounds like you had a great time. Its brilliant to know i have some company for the 15th Aug deadline!! Brilliant, we can hopefully encourage each other along! Thanks for your lovely message about not worrying about moaning when things are not so great! I felt really quilty posting it as i meant to be encouraging you, not dragging you down!! I guess like you said i just needed to get those feelings written down, but once again i hope i didn't make you feel worse. I guess i just wanted to know you were not alone feeling as you did at that particular time!! Anyway hope you are having a good day today, remember bit at a time and we will get there!!!

Hi Lara,

Hope you are having a better day today. I understand how you feel as i felt similiar yesterday, but today i have a more positive outlook. I think we just have to pick ourselves up and continue doing our best. I know it looks like a massive task but if we focus on little bits at a time, the thesis will shape up and we get there!!! Just need to keep going!!!! Hope you enjoyed the concert yesterday, and try not to worry, you will finish your thesis before you know it!!

Me too!!

Brilliant, well done!!

Just read the advice from olivia and also others on different threads. This is such good advice, which has helped me as i am sure it will Lara. It is nice to know that there are people on this forum who understand what it can be like sometimes. Anyway, feeling a bit more motivated now so thanks again!

Hi Everyone,

Sorry to moan but i am also feeling a bit low. I also had to hand in my first draft on Monday which i managed but my supervisor has come back and wants to see a final draft. I have had some comments back which is great as she has only had it a day and my new deadline is Friday August 15th which is 6 weeks away. I just feel very overwhelmed at the minute and worried. I expected it to be covered in red but still feel i have so much to do. I guess i just have to get on with it and realise that the comments will make the thesis better but i just can't help but feel a bit down. Oh well guess we all just have to plod on! Sorry again for the moan, just needed to get it out of my system!!