Did you not get any sleep last night?...

I actually got to sleep ok. Until my alarm went off at 5:15

At least you managed to get some sleep

Hope Flossie's feeling a bit less stressed today...I'd like to see that word 'stressed' removed from her signature...

Wait til she's had her viva

OK...

I think we should not say the t-word and the v-word in this thread

In that case, talk about coffee and the letters you'll have after your name once you've got your PhD (note I say 'once you've got it' )

Or the letters before my name

And, indeed, the letters before your name

Edit: I've worked out what you meant now. My brain isn't awake yet.

Haha

And Flossie....





I've got a load of work to do for someone to a very tight deadline, and she hasn't even worked out how to do some of it yet...

Yes, and Flossie... Hope you are able to get a bit of rest...



Aw hope it all works out for you...

Why can't she do her own work?

I will be getting a nice paycheque for it. Although probably not until the end of April.

It's still money

And you'll appreciate it all the more when the cheque arrives...

Jacobi's not been on this thread for ages.

He's probably busy working

You're stuck with me instead. And I haven't got a PhD, am not currently working towards a PhD, and am highly likely never to be working towards getting a PhD!

You both have my admiration!

Oh help

I've just discovered a gap in the literature for a PhD in fine art... developing my Masters thesis...


nooooooooo!!!!! There are a million reasons why I don't want to do a PhD... and only a couple why I do...


Nope.. bad idea.. too scary

Whar are the reasons for/against, lottie?

Well...

Againsts:
The cost - don't know how much the fees are
My health - not sure if I can work consistently for 7 years (can't risk it full time)
My poor memory and bad organisation - I think the Masters is stretching me enough!
Lack of earning power due to studying most of the time
Lack of money to travel to do the necessary research
Do I really need another degree?
My desire to constantly talk about my ideas and bore all my friends to death (again)
Lack of funding
Lack of funding
Lack of funding
The pressure: it seems an impossibly enormous task!

Fors:
Well, wow, it would be amazing fun and such a creative experience (it would be Fine Art)
There is a gap in the market for my particular idea
It would be an incredible achievement
It would certainly structure the next few years of my life
The possibility of seeing my work published

I am missing my PhD I am on maternity leave until next academic year but think I should start getting back into it before then as I will forget everything otherwise! Might try and start this afternoon....on the other hand I need that time for a !

Do you want mine?

I met my external examiner today. He was friendly. Not sure what he'll be like in a viva though...

Well.. I guess you'll get to find out sooner or later

I know.

You'll be fine I'm sure



And after that you'll be all done

Corrections, papers, job-hunting...

Well, yes.... but you'll be Dr Flossie once you do the corrections!

And you'll be Dr Babybird2 soon.

I wonder who Dr Babybird1 is...

A quick google search suggests there isn't one. It's just me

My thesis is so boring to read. Poor examiners.

You're only thinking that because you've worked on it for years and years, of course it'll be boring for you!

What if it is boring to them or they think it's rubbish?

They'll ask you lots of questions

I'm sure it'll be fine

I'm worried in case I fail.......

I'm worried that I will fail too....

But then, the statistics say you won't fail - they would have kicked you out years ago if you weren't up to standard. Plus your supervisor wouldn't let you submit if they thought there was a chance of you failing

They said at the viva preparation workshop I went to here that 9/10 students pass either outright, via minor corrections or via a resubmission. What if I'm in the 10% that don't?

What if you're in the 90% that do pass outright?

Seriously, the chances of you failing are really, really slim; You've done lots of work, you've had decent supervision, you're writing papers.... so you have original work and stuff.

YOU WILL PASS!!!

We'll see.



Time to scoot or I'll miss the bus home.

You're still at work?

Yes I was.

And people think I'm mad for coming in at 7am

Party time, except I feel absolutely shattered.

3.5 hours. Minor corrections which sound fairly major to me and which are about something (a new theme) which I'm completely uninterested in. I actually feel more than .

Congratulations!

I'm really, really tired now. Didn't really sleep at all last night.

I'm not suprised I don't think I'll get any sleep the night before mine



See..told you you wouldn't fail