Well it's Monday and I am anxious. I really do want Thursay to roll on by. But I do need to finish off some more work.
Today I did a tally of how far I have got with the thesis. Right now it stands at 64,000 words and just over 250 pages. I need to do a bit of editing to get a few pages back. I have just two sections to finish, the last part of chapter 3, the research part, since the simulations are still running on the computer and the output from that will make up paper 6 (yes that's 6 papers in total). Paper 4 is almost done, paper 5 is a freebie and paper 7 is now planned and I will have a stab at it tomorrow. Today I finished off chaper 5, the future work chapter, and outlined about 3 projects that could be done off the back of my work (in fact our MChem student is actually already working on one of the ideas). So that leaves chapter 4 which will contain my conclusions.
The weekend has been good. On Friday we dined in Dough, a new pizza place that is just oopposite our flats. They have a good selection of pizzas, including healthy options. Whole wheat pizzas are great. Mine was covered in sausage but it was a bit of a beast to eat and was very filling. All in all a good restaurant. We now need to try out the associated bar next door, Apotheca.
The Saturday we spent in Liverpool. Sam had bought tickets for the ballet. The show was The Sleeping Beauty, a favourite of Sam's. The pacing was just right, and the seats in the theater did not mean that I suffered from any stiffness after. The show was great, teh costumes were excellent, and the wicked fariy and her rude goblins were amusing. A particular bit of interest was the vision scene where they had a brilliant bit of effects where dry ice simulated the oceans and the Prince was aboard a small ship. The finale was also quite glorius to watch as the costumes were again excellent to look at and inspired me, I think I have already a host of ideas for many Carnivales to come.
This week as of yet I have no other ideas as to what we are getting up to. But this weekend we are off to Hereford so that Sam's mum can meet my parents! Hopefully I should have good news by then.
I would ask that you all wish me luck but I will just trust in the All as if it is to be then it will be so.
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