Daffy's 'a nice cup of tea cheers you up' diary

Karmacat

I was just going to write something encouraging about momentum, and then saw your very last post that the meeting is back on! Keep going Cheery - you'll *love* having it finished!

And *I* love the idea of 38 days holiday!

MrsMoo2U

Good luck with the supervision Cheery. Not that I think you need it but thought you might appreciate it.

Hope the Supervisor had some sense knocked into him when falling from the bike(I am assuming he is the fool who did it last year?)

redsquirrel80

Good luck with the meeting! x

Cheery_Daff

Thanks for the encouraging vibes :T I've mind mapped what I need to get out of the meeting - a lot of the time the most difficult part is keeping the supervisors away from having discussions amongst themselves about how rubbish the department is, who got promoted when they didn't, etc etc etc...

I'd like to think the accident has knocked some sense into him cherisong :rotfl: :rotfl: However, lovely man though he is, I doubt it will have done sadly!

(for example, I could have done with knowing that he was away until 23rd January before now - especially since I was hoping to submit to examiner before then, and it'd be useful if he could read various things! I know I should have finished them before now (or last year, or the year before, or whatever), but still!)

Just waiting for Christmas party conference call now - all hectic my life is :rotfl:

Karmacat

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

(for example, I could have done with knowing that he was away until 23rd January before now - especially since I was hoping to submit to examiner before then, and it'd be useful if he could read various things! I know I should have finished them before now (or last year, or the year before, or whatever), but still!)

He's supposed to be enabling you in this, and he's supposed to do it expertly because he's had more experience! Even if he is lovely, you (we!) don't let him off because you've been a little tardy

MrsMoo2U

Should and Could are two different things here Daffy. Ok so you think that you should have finished things last year etc but Could you have finished them. From what I have read then the answer is YES you could have finished them if this "supervisor" had been more support to you. And as for having discussions about how rubbish the department is. Well how unprofessional of them and also are they not part of that rubbish department and so must be contributing to the rubbishness of it all.

Sorry - rant over. It is just that I get so frustrated when lovely people like you take all the responsibility on your shoulders when they are as much, no more, to blame.

sidles off to make a cuppa before heading into town.

Cheery_Daff

Awww, thanks I do keep reminding them they're contributing to whether the department is rubbish or not

I've been grateful for the informal relationship we've had (after all, this has been going on for 7 years!) but occasionally I'd like meetings to be more focused! Have taken matters in hand recently and go in with an agenda, and keep pulling them back to the topic, and I think it's making them realise how much they *don't* stick to it!

Anyway - conference call still hasn't happened, and I need to leave in a minute to get to supervision, so looks like we'll be talking while I walk down the road - not ideal!

lotti379

Ha ha good luck keeping them on track - an agenda sounds like a great idea! :T

And in a short space of time the supervision will be done and you can get back to crossing things off your to-do list... :j

I have to go into uni today. I'm not looking forward to it.

Lemon_Tree

hi, hope conference call happened and went well, and that your supervision has goine well and you kept them on track.
well done on getting so many of the chapters sorted/mind mapped.

Cheery_Daff

Well, that was a bl**dy day and a half! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Supervisor DIDN'T actually get knocked off bike - someone swerved in front of him, he shouted at them, and then they drove over his bike. So while I thought he was injured, he was just cross because his bike is bust. Not sure why that was a reason to cancel my supervision, but there we are! Anyway, let's look at what I *have* done first shall we?? :rotfl:

PHD
* go through existing draft of chapter 4 and mind map changes needed
* mind map new chapter 1
* [STRIKE]supervision 11am[/STRIKE]

WORK
* [STRIKE]sort Christmas party anagrams :rotfl: - found some, just need to copy and paste into word doc, and remove answers etc[/STRIKE]
* wrap pass the parcel prize :rotfl: (all glamour in my job I tell you!) :rotfl:
* [STRIKE]mind map what needs to happen in conference call[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]conference call about Christmas party 10am[/STRIKE]

OTHER
* [STRIKE]town for last of Mr Daffs' presents (and stamps, batteries, and[/STRIKE] secret santa!) FORGOT BL**DY SECRET SANTA :eek: :eek:
* [STRIKE]pick car up from garage[/STRIKE] - sadly had to take it straight to another garage :rotfl:
* write Christmas cards ready to post
* wrap presents that need posting
* sew lining into curtains
* get bag ready for London on Wednesday
* get bag/everything ready for work/Christmas party on Thursday/Friday
* Al anon meeting at 7.30

So. Picture the scene. Arms full of bags (including HUGE box of crackers for Christmas do tomorrow. P*ssing down with rain. Middle of town, lots of people, lots of queues, lots of noise. Rang garage to say I'd go and get car - only to be told that what they tried hadn't worked, so it wasn't fixed :eek:

Abandoned shopping, walked to garage to get car, drove (very slowly - damn thing) to another garage, fluttered eyelashes at nice man who agreed to fix it for me before Monday (goodness only knows how much it'll cost me though :eek:)

Then had to walk back to town again to fight way onto the bus home.

(that was the short version - there was a fair amount of stomping and tantrumming in there too that I needn't bore you with :rotfl:)

So - £60 for the service, £45 for diagnostics at the new garage, plus whatever it costs to have whatever's wrong with it fixed.

And I still haven't finished my shopping, cos I had to stop in the middle to get the car to the second garage before it shut.

<yawn>

So far today eaten toast and marmite, yogurt and museli, a twix, a cadbury's caramel, (some other chocolate bar that I demolished so quickly I can't even remember what it was ) and a packet of minstrels. And half a freddo.

Not sure I'm doing very well on the looking after myself front today! :rotfl: But still, I walked into town (3 miles), to the garage (another 1.5), then back to town from the second garage (another about 1.5), so that's got to make some difference?! Right?!

ONly had one cup of tea today - must rectify that! :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: