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Date: 30 June 2005 21:55:22
Last week was solid meetings and desperately trying to get my grant in on time (I did!) and then being chased by the person who's heading up the other grant (that I don't want to be on) for bits and pieces (that I'm not interested in writing) (and he'd better not read this...) while trying also to run to and from meetings. And this week has been pretty hard work too as I've quite a bit to get done before going away next week, and before The Spouse™'s Very Big Birthday and associated party and general jamboree.
Monday I had the utter madness of an afternoon's meeting in Cambridge. This involved getting up at the crack of dawn (once again, after not sleeping very well since I knew I had to be up early) to get a taxi to Blackpool, to hang around in a checkin queue, to get a plane to Stansted, to get a bus to Cambridge. We were far too early, so then hanging around Cambridge, lunch, a 2 hour meeting, and reverse the process. Give me the train next time.
Bit more relaxed for the rest of the week, went out tonight for a goodbye meal with a nice postdoc who's moving a couple of hours south, while her partner stays here - bit sad for them I expect - and for us, there aren't many women in the department beyond the students!