I have been working late these past two weeks to get a couple of papers ready for submission. They're two papers which will make up half of my PhD thesis and I've been working on them for some time now. I finally submitted one last Wednesday (this one had previously been rejected and needed some further polishing). And I'm about to submit the second. Well, I was until I realised I'd need a particular form emailed to me prior to submission. Bit of an anti-climax! I'm hopeful the American editors are on the ball and respond overnight.
My reward to myself is a visit to Sydney this weekend, hopefully with sunshine. I had also planned to have my thesis review (a university required "milestone") completed by then - but alas, not to be. So I don't get to go to Sydney with an entirely guilt-free conscience. Then back to finish the next two papers...
I think that's the part I look forward to most in finishing this PhD - the removal of guilt. No matter what I'm doing, I'm always guilty that I'm not working on the PhD. It will be odd not to have that feeling!
Looking forward to some op shopping while in Sydney. Stay tuned for that when I return next week. I'll likely appear here to post during one of my bouts of procrastination.
I was recently invited to do a guest post for one of my favourite blogs, Oliver and Abraham's while McKenzie was off getting married and enjoying post-wedding bliss with her husband Jamie. I was so excited when she asked me. But then panic set in. What would I write? It's one thing writing for your own blog (with your own very small set of followers), it's another thing entirely to write for a 'famous' blog like McKenzie's!
I managed to put something together, with a few of my favourite pictures and emailed it through. And then it appeared! Have a look!
Thanks McKenzie, and big congratulations to you and Jamie. May you have a life filled with joy and love!
