Elsie--thank you so much
john--thanks john! yes I hope to enjoy my little break away from working on the thesis---although I know I still have to "work" on it (for the viva!), I don't do very well on holidays--I get withdrawal symptoms when I'm on holiday. During masters I went on a summer holiday by myself but I couldn't relax and was constantly anxious, wow what a nightmare.
Maybe a lot of people are like this---especially students--anyway I hope to ease myself out of this awful holiday-withdrawal-symptom-syndrome!!!
thanks again
love satchi