Monday 2 am.

Done. Thesis, bibliography, contents page. Turned into pdfs. Irritating formatting issues solved. Emailed to several different email accounts in both pdf and non-pdf versions. Saved on the little stick thing. The nicest sleep I’ve had for ages, though too short.
It’s now 7. 18. Must get up, pack up, get to train station to go to [...]

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I think I can, I think I can

Just in case you assume I’ve been floating on a wave of euphoria for the past week – well, no. It’s been a bit of a slog, to tell the truth. Which will continue in force over the weekend. But then I will be done. Part of me doesn’t want to let go. I cannot [...]

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Happy

I have a lovely concluding sentence.
My supervisor told me he thinks my thesis is very good indeed.
I just ate my lunch in the sun; the sky is blue and bright.
The first blossoms powder the trees. The willow trees along the canal haze green.
Only one week to go!
Spring is just the best time to finish a [...]

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Step by step

Finished the conclusion yesterday. The supervisors are looking over it, and I’ll probably bash it into shape a bit more when they’re done, but it’s a relief to have written it. Very strange experience, writing the conclusion. Slightly terrifying. (I realise I’m sounding like a broken record at this point, but hey.)
The first of my [...]

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In which the travel gods smile on me and I have some wonderful friends

The trip over to Bingley went relatively smoothly and several minor disasters were averted with surprising ease.

I accidentally got onto the train with Michael’s work key card in my pocket, but managed to post it back from Oslo train station in the fifteen minutes I had to spare.
I couldn’t find the charger for my English [...]

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Progress report

Photos by Michael.
Well, I can declare the two quiet weeks at my desk a success. While none of the chapters I was working on is quite done, Murray is 95% done, Webb is 50% done, and theory chapter is 75% done. And I have clear plans for the remaining sections. By the end of today, [...]

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Late night footnote checking

About to call it a night. Listening to the Beatles (it’s necessary to listen cheerier and cheerier music as the night goes on). Remembering this night. Can’t believe it’s only two months ago. As ‘Penny Lane’ plays, I can smell the smoke of spurting fireworks, mixed with the just-rained-on sea smell of a winter much [...]

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