I've been preparing to submit work for my next hurdle. - don't you just love all these things that you have to do which have very little bearing on your work - and I have been telling them that I want to get things in in time for the last submission date for this academic year for at least a month. I got an e-mail today saying the planned meeting for tomorrow is off, as main super is still waiting to hear from the second super and we can't get further until he does. I am really cross about this because I hate leaving things till the last minute and when we meet I will have just the rest of the day, until about 4.30 to get it finished.

It isn't really a prob as I can overshoot this deadline and submit in September, but I want to get going on the next bit and feel I need to get the plans validated before continuing. I don't know why they have involved this person as he seems to think I am researching a different area, or wants me to research a different area, one that has been well trodden and I really don't want to go down that path. I have sent my first supervisor a suitable reply, but I really want to say I think this minion is rubbish

oh dear. i've had a similar situation, where i got to see my supervisor about a funding application at lunch on the day it was due. spent the rest of the day madly making adjustments, but it ended up as rubbish. for important stuff, i do hate leaving it to the last moment, too!

hope it works out for you, joyce. fingers crossed!

Got a message today saying the meeting will have to be at 2.30. I will see the secretary to ask what the deadline is, (really nice person, and I'm going to a meeting there at 5.30, so may have an hour or two) but fear it won't make it

today I got a message from supervisor about some comments made by one of the other people, which I have answered, even though they were the questions I knew would be asked, but had to leave out because of the word count however person was not the right one, that person hasn't replied after getting the thing 3 weeks ago. He is the important one, and I can't get the thing in without his comment, so that means I'm going to have to wait until September! I am, shall we say disappointed.