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Date: 24 February 2005 19:42:42
Perhaps I should try to sell her on eBay.
Last month I was flouncing around because of the saga with my references (hand to brow, stomping round the house declaiming that they were all trying to ruin my life. Of course it all got sorted out relatively painlessly, as it always does). Last night and earlier today I was doing similar thanks to a slight crisis of confidence (you can't possibly do this PhD, who are you trying to kid, you're doomed to a life of obscurity and mediocrity kind of thing), but thankfully the comments and emails I have got from you lovely lot, plus an email from one of the tutors suggesting mainly structural rather than content changes to my proposal (and telling me that none of their candidates this year got a scholarship) has restored me to a slightly more realistic frame of mind. I predict several more drama queen outbursts between now and the next academic year when the thing (assuming I get accepted) actually starts, and assuming I do get accepted regular dramatics for the following four years thereafter.
In other news, I'm very pleased with myself tonight because I have taken tomorrow as annual leave and so have a 3 day weekend. Tomorrow I will:
* wake up a stupid o'clock like I always do, then roll over and go back to sleep and wake up whenever I feel like it
* go to the gym (I much prefer it during the day, and it usually means I get to use all the machines as the place isn't packed like it is in the evening)
* work on the proposal in my own time rather than at the end of the day when I'm knackered after work
* maybe have a swim (haven't done that for ages, am rather looking forward to it)
Hooray for days off. I could just do with a few more.