Categories: random, phd, nursing
Tags: thesis, stress, interview, jobs, gym, PhD, nursing
Date: 02 July 2009 19:42:20
Thanks to Auntie Doris, who has just been on the receiving end of an enormous whingeing screed of streams of consciousness from me, the rest of you don't need to read me whining and moaning. She does have her uses, you know!
What else to tell you? The temperature in my office got up to 30° today, so I gave up and went to the gym instead - I thought if I'm getting sweaty and bad-tempered I may as well be sweaty and bad-tempered whilst actually achieving something, as I'm not convinced my brain ever got out of 1st gear. While I was there I watched the final set of the Williams-Dementieva Wimbledon semi-final (hooray for machines with TV), what a fantastic match that was. I'm glad I'd finished by the second semi though (Williams-Safina) which sounded from the scoreline like it was so one-sided as to be utterly uncompetitive. I predict a Williams winner ;)
I'm having another thesis-related existential crisis (it seems to happen every chapter), though having managed to draw a couple of spider diagrams today I have (for now) decided I know what my thesis is about. This is today though, tomorrow is an entirely different day and I may well have forgotten the point of it by then. I'm getting quite frustrated with it - the stuff I'm writing for journals etc feels like it's so much better than the stuff I'm writing for the thesis. It'll be good when it's all over! By the way, if anyone is in a praying/good vibes/candle-lighting/etc mood, next week a decision will be made about whether or not I can have an extension. I'm working on the assumption that it shouldn't be a problem (according to my department) but until I hear for sure I will remain a bit anxious about it. If I don't get it I am, to put it mildly, screwed. If I do get it, then I will feel much less stressed about taking time out to apply for jobs (I've got a few applications which need to be in in the next week or so).
Ooh, good (ish) news - I have an interview in a couple of weeks for one of the Open Uni courses I applied to tutor on. As I understand it it's pretty competitive, but it would be good experience if I could get it. I've also (at last) completed my nursing study hours (did I tell you that already, I can't remember. Actually I think I probably did) so am just waiting for my friend to send the reference back and then I can see about getting some nursing work. Unfortunately I discovered the other day that the nurse bank for Greater Glasgow isn't recruiting for community nurses at all, but just for certain acute specialities (that I don't have any experience in, or any desire to work in), which got me a bit despondent, but I'm thinking instead about applying to NHS24 (the Scotland equivalent of NHS Direct south of the border - it's a nurse-led phone service). Not that I'm desperate to do that either, but it could be something to keep me going for a while till something more suitable turns up.
Tomorrow we are treating ourselves, as what with poorly cars and writers' block and no jobs etc we could do with a treat, and are going to the Dr Who exhibition at the Kelvingrove Museum. Can't wait! (will take photos, unsurprisingly).