My Precious

My new computer has finally arrived! It is big, sleek, silver and beautiful. Thank you Steve Jobs (may he rest in peace), you have made this joyous day possible.

I have been waiting for my computer for weeks! I have been like a stubborn child, refusing to get any real work done until I got it. Also, it turned out that we had major teething problems with our first analyses anyway, so I was truly unable (or at least challenged to the absolute limits of my can-be-botheredness) to get on with data tampering... I mean analysing.

After installing statistical programs onto my home computer three times, then having to admit that despite repeated attempts the programs refused to open the relevant data files, I was defeated. I was also convinced that all my prayers would be answered and my problems solved by the arrival of my new imac. I can assure you, they have. Things work now!

This means I can happily go home an procrastinate for the rest of the day. Who in their right mind would start work at 4pm on a Friday? No one!

I'll get to it in a minute

So I have about three weeks left until the hazy transition period between handing in my masters dissertation and jumping straight into my PhD office.

Interestingly enough, I am not getting much done with my dissertation. This is quite typical for me and it's the reason I keep waking up in cold sweat wondering what I've signed up for with a doctorate.

You see, instead of working hard on my dissertation, which really is almost finished anyway, bar pretty much rewriting the text, I keep dreaming about my new apartment. It's the first time in five years I will have my own kitchen and suffice to say I am excited. So in between tweaking my results tables I keep wandering onto various websites with delicious recipes. In addition to this I also keep wandering onto websites with DIY tricks and tips, interior design ideas and storage solutions. I am clearly focusing on the wrong things seeing as I won't get to live in this apartment if I don't start my PhD, which won't happen as long as I'm STILL DOING MY DISSERTATION!