Hi Everyone!

Well done with all the work you have done! Everyone is doing so well and we are all slowly getting there so should be really proud!!! As for me well my day yesterday was a nightmare!!!!!!!!! Basically, i went into work to make sure my Endnote library was up to date to hear some shocking news!! One of the IT department girls (who i thought was a friend of mine) had decided to wipe Endnote from the system!! Not sure how or why she did this (apparantly she has been suffering from stress) but the upshot of it is that my Endnote library is gone!!! Do you have back ups i hear you cry!!! Unfortuntely i do but these was all on disks in my draw at work. Basically we don't have a licence to enable me to use Endnote at home hence i left all my back ups at work. I think the person in question has taken my backup disks as they were not in the usual place yesterday and she did know where they were. Another friend at work (who knew this girl) has also lost her back ups too!! This whole sorry saga as unbelievable as it sounds (still trying to get my head round it) means that i now have to re-write in all my references. I am soooo stressed!!!!

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Just to say well done to everyone for working so hard today. You are all doing really brilliant. I feel i should be joining you but am out tomorrow and have friends coming round Sunday so it will be a case of getting bits done as and when i can this weekend when i have a spare gap. Because of this, i doubt i will be joining in on the mammoth weekend of work so i just wanted to say good luck, and you are all doing so well. Keep this up, but do have breaks as well! Hope everyone meets their aims for the weekend.

PS Pete, the problem i am having is that i write my post, send it then check the forum and it seems that not all the message is posted. I am using internet explorer (v 7) and am on a PC. Thanks for taking a look.

Half my message was again cut off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe tomorrow it will work a little better!! Anyway, sorry if my messages read a little funny, it's just some words have been lost and big chucks are missing!!!!!! Finger's crossed for tomorrow!

No!!!!! My message has again been lost!!!!!!!!!!!! In summary, also just wanted to say try not too worry about what is left. The brilliant thing is that you have achieved so much already and this is just the last hurdle to get the chapters finished. You are doing so well, and it will get done. Don' t think that loads has to be done on the chapters, it is only little bits to make them all shiny and new!! Also it is great you saw friends yesterday as you need breaks so don't worry! Hope you have a great day today and

Hi Lara, thanks ever so much for all your encouragement and for such kind words. You are the superstar though and like the other people on the forum are able to boost others when they need it

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Lara: Are you still glued to the chair?!!! I needed some glue this morning as i couldn't seem to sit still and kept moving about and found it hard to settle down! Hope your day has gone well and that your Chapter 5 is coming alone well. Don't forget you have tomorrow and Saturday to meet your deadline and you can get so much done in that time. I know you will get it done and good luck for tomorrow.
As for me. am really tired now but just finished Chapter 7! I am having a tea break, will then re-read it and then spent tomorrow morning double checking it before sending it off. Am sure it will need further work but i guess at least this version is finally done!! Well for now anyway!!
Next i need to sort out the appendix, table list, figure list and finalise the contents pages so my aim is to get this all done by the end of Sunday so fingers crossed!
Anyway, hope everyone has had a productive day, but don't worry if not! We are definitely not robots and anything we can get done is all a bonus

How annoying! Just checked my post and most of my message is missing!!!!!!!! Can't be bothered to re-write it again as it was really long!! So just to say hope everyone has a great day and well done to everyone on their progress!! My aims for today, get chapter 7 finished!

Here's to a great day!

Hi Everyone!!

Well, as predicted i am in agony following my trip to the gym last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone else there looked really slim and fit! I was on the treadmill next to a couple of people who weren't even breaking a sweat, then i started running, turned a nice shade of beetroot purple and my T-shirt was dripping with sweat!!!!!!!! Oh well, least it was a start, and i am aiming to go again tomorrow but early in the day to avoid the crowds!!!!

Hi everyone,

Hope everyone is having a good day. Yesterday i only got a couple of hours done and i have to say i really admire the people who have jobs but are also completing their PhD. I wasn't working yesterday (but was at a couple of job interviews) and i was really tired! To the point i could only do 2 hours and then had to wind down with a couple of episodes of Starsky and Hutch!!! Anyway, well done to everyone who does work and also study, i have a lot of admiration!
As for today i got up early and have done so far 3 hours of productive work which i am happy with. I am slowly getting Chapter 7 done!! I want to do around 7- 8 hours today to really make in-roads into it so we will see how i go this afternoon after some lunch.
Lara: Thanks ever so much for the encouraging words about the interviews, Will definitely take on board and hopefully this will really help with the ones next week! Thanks ever so much and hope your day is going well. you are really getting there with Chapter 5 so well done!!
Armendaf: glad you enjoyed your football. Tonight i am going to the gym so i reckon tomorrow i will be sore too! I really need to start getting fit again, and i'm sure exercising helps with stress!
Anyway hope everyone has a good day. Here's hoping i can have a good afternoon!! Aims: Guess what!! Yep Chapter 7!!!!!!

Hi Lara,

Hope Chapter 5 is going well. Thanks ever so much for your message. I am really annoyed with myself though at i'm not sure how either interview went and i didn't answer a couple of basic questions very well at all! In the second interview they had 6 candidates including me sitting there waiting to be interviewed! I panicked a bit when i saw the other candidates and i am sure i came across as far too nervous! Oh well, i must really sort this out as i have another interview on Monday and i really do want that job! How on earth do you stand out as the best candidate, what a nightmare! That on top of trying to finish my thesis!!! Oh well, am going to have a cup of tea, go to the gym for an hour and then start some work!!
Hope your day and that everyone else's is going really well.
PS I must send my Chapter 7 to sup by Friday at the latest as she is at a meeting next week but is going to read it then!

PS Good luck Mira with your deadline x

Hi Everyone,

Hope everyone had a good day yesterday. Armendaf: What a great idea about writing the chapters in tandem!!!! Hope you are progressing well with Chapter 3. You are right, and will definitely be able to finishe Chapter 3 by Friday, you are doing so well. I am also aiming to get my Chapter 7 done by then so fingers crossed!! We can definitely help each other along!
Lara: Thanks for your message. My day yesterday wasn't too bad but only managed 2 hours of productive work. To be fair though my boyfriend was feeling poorly so i wanted to check/look after him. He is ok now though so that is good.
Today i have a couple of job interviews eek!!! I wish i could be more confident in general but am always so nervous. Oh well will just have to do my best.
Anyway, later i still want to get at least 3 hours productive work done. Then i am planning to work very hard tomorrow to really make in-roads into chapter 7.
How is you Chapter 5 going? Good luck today and you are really doing well. I reckon we can all acheive our plans this week!!!!!
Anyway, hope everybody has a good day!!!
See you later on x

Hi!

First i must say that i think everybody on this forum is amazing! I have read everyone's posts and everybody is brilliant, helping us all to carry on and to think in a positive manner. Thanks so much everyone, it's great to know we are all here to support each other! Well done freelouise1 for working so well at the weekend. Also well done Rubyw, it's brilliant when you get so much done without realising so much time has gone by!! Definitely a nice feeling!
Armendaf, Lara and Mira, thanks so much for your encouraging words, it has really helped. I have written another plan, emailed by sup and explained that Chapter 7 requires a bit more work!! My new deadline is to get this sent to her by Friday. Then i know i will not have rushed it! I looked at the calander and we have 5 weeks till the end of September! Before i was panicking thinking this isn't much time, but this is loads of time!! % whole weeks, and we can get loads done in this time. This is my new thinking anyway!!!!!!!!!!! By handing Chapter 7 in this friday my sup said she would get this back to me within a week which would mean i still have 4 weeks left so i mustn't panic!!! Also i can work on the other bits while she is reading Chapter 7 !! Everyone is right, we mustn't panic and we will get there!!!
Anyway, thanks again so much and hope everyone has a great day!
My aims for today : Continue working on Chapter 7!!!!!!!!
See everyone tomorrow!!!!!

PS Mira: Thanks so much for your support, have quite a lot left on Chapter 7 but must get it done this week so fingers crossed! Hope you had a lovely weekend, and that you had fun with your friends.

Hi Everyone,

Lara, i fully appreciate what you are saying!! My weekend has been terrible! I have had a stress headache for most of the weekend and in total have done about 4 hours productive work all weekend!!!!! I have a couple of job interviews coming up over the next 2 weeks and that combined with all the work i have left on my thesis is really getting me down. How am i going to get it all done?? I had set a target for tomorrow to finish Chapter 7 and i am no where near done. I have panicked about it, and everything else and am behind as a result. I'm worried i am not going to get everything done by the end of September deadline!! In fact i want to hand in my thesis a week early so that gives me even less time.
I think i need to email my supervisor, write a new plan for this week, and just tackle one bit at a time. The deadline for tomorrow for Chapter 7 was set by me and maybe it was a bit unrealistic. However, i need to get it done as soon as possible as i also have other stuff to work on to get the thesis finished. I think we both need to try to forget about this weekend, move forward tomorrow and try not too worry. We have worked so hard to not finidh it now!
We have to believe we can get there!
Hope you have a good dinner, enjoy the DVD and see you tomorrow.
Good luck with your work today too, i will join you and at least try to get something done today. Will aim to finish the contents pages, at least that is something x