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themis1 ([personal profile] themis1) wrote2007-07-01 02:17 pm
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Holiday, yay!

Have just started a week's holiday, followed by a week in Luton. What this actually means is a week desperately trying to do 3 months worth of PhD work so that I appear to have done something when I arrive in Luton ... oh yes, and I already lost one day because they decided to have a departmental awayday on Wednesday and I felt obliged to turn up for it. Sigh.

The week in Luton will be amusing, as I am staying in student accommodation again - it's stupidly cheap, which means it's also stupidly basic. But I can park the car free and walk to and from the Uni - about 5 mins! - and get plenty of time to do Phd work in the evenings, apart from the one where we're all going out for a meal. And going to the pub, of course. Two of the other students may also be staying over, I'm not sure whether to hope we all end up in the same flat or not!!

At any rate, it should be a laugh.

Which is more than can be said for the season finale of Who, which was just pathetic and no fun at all.

In the meantime, I have made three new icons of roses in my garden, the best of which I am using today.

[identity profile] mythichistorian.livejournal.com 2007-07-01 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm safely arrived in Newcastle, despite floods (of various kinds), coughs and assorted moments of panic. The comms card clearly works (hence the post) although it won't let me log into DF (the login form doesn't appear on screen ...) so no dragon feeding for a few days. Due to make my presentation tomorrow afternoon, and I'm hoping I have a half sensible voice by then, as I'm still a little croaky!
Hopefully, by wednesday I shall know if I've done sufficient to go on and do the thesis work. I'll let you know!
Good luck with your week of paper shuffling and stuff!

[identity profile] mythichistorian.livejournal.com 2007-07-01 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
ps - nice icon!

And here's another one ...

[identity profile] themis1.livejournal.com 2007-07-02 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you liked it - try this one :-)

Glad to hear you arrived safely in Newcastle, but seriously, do you think they *won't* let you do the thesis work?! I'm willing to bet you're the only one on the course that's actually done everything you were asked to do, on time, to any level of quality.

Odd about the log-in screen for DQ, which computer have you got with you? If it's a work one, they may have gaming sites blocked - ours does!

[identity profile] gnirp-is-evil.livejournal.com 2007-07-03 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Can I ask you for a huge favor? You don't have to do it, I'd totally understand - but I wanted to get a birthday present for my friend that isn't available in the US and they can't ship it to me ... can I have it sent to your house and then you send it on to me? I can send you money for shipping and stuff ...