Life, cold, and sunshine

For almost two weeks I have been having a cold now, which is quite unfortunate when you think of all the lovely sunshine. My colleagues at work keep asking me, ‘why are you wearing a scarf, it’s way too warm for that!’ Well, I know but my throat obviously doesn’t and it does not want to get better, either. But I can breathe a wee bit better now again, and do not wake up every 5 minutes because I think I might suffocate. I also am busily working away, both at work and on my theses, so I do not have all that much time to regret all that sunshine or my red nose in here. I am still excited about this new chapter and think it is going to be fabulous. There you have it, a tiny tad of self-confidence from me. Anyway, I wish you all a very nice summer with more lovely sunshine!

Sun, sun, sun

This week has been really good. A lot of sun to enjoy, not too much work so that I could concentrate on the studying part of life and a new chapter ahead about which I am really excited. I have not even finished reading the novel about which it will be, yet, and already there are so many possibilities presenting themselves that I cannot wait to dig my claws in

Apart from that I have a sore throat and what one of my friends would call a head cold but I guess that is all the more reason to stay in and read. Yesterday Ben and I went to see ‘Night at the Museum 2′ which was a good lough. The movie is really fast paced and there is hardly time to get bored plus it is hilariously funny. At least if you like this sort of humour. Ben and I really enjoyed it and in parts I was laughing tears.

And that’s it for this week. Have fun and enjoy the lovely weather!

Good times, Bad Times

This very nice Rolling Stones inspired Title is of course totally irrelevand as today I am only going to share good news. Just as the equally Stones inspired motto of my life ‘you can’t always get what you want’ but then again ‘don’t you worry try a little harder’ my life never seems to be easy and yet it never is so bad that I would like to change it radically. I hope I did not manage to totally confudse you now. And in case you wonder what it good about the above, well nothining really, just wanted to share the philosophy of some very wrinkly old men, whom I admire greatly. But here follow the good bits:

I finally managed to finish that d*** chapter, complete with footnotes, bibliography and ready to be handed in for my annual review which will take place on June17. I don’t know why so early, considering the fact that my second year only begins October4. But, of course all the bureaucrats want to fiddle with the documents as well and this gives them a good chance to have done so by the end of August, so that I can re-register in September. But the important thing is, ’tis done! I am so glad that I can finally move on to something else. Not that I will not come back to this chapter. It is after all only a draft, but a change of scenes from the 15th to the 19th century will do me good. I really enjoyed reading all about the history of the time, but in the end I was also quite confused because some bits of the histories were quite repetitive, whereas others weren’t and I could never remember which said what and why. So on to new adventures now!

Also, it is not long till summer now, meaning; I will soon be attending 2 weddings and 2 conferences (sounds like this could be the title of another odd movie ) I will go home and see my family after more than a year. I will miss Ben and Maya loads and loads of course but a bit of excitement will do me good.

And that’s it. Lot’s of pleasant prospects. Life’s good after all.

Nothing

I felt that since it’s been a while since my last post, I should write something for the world to read. But on the one hand the world seems to have better things to do than to read random blogs and on the other hand I have absolutely nothing to say. Sometimes I wonder what I am doing with my life. Sometimes I feel that it is absolutely boring and nothing ever happens. Then again, if this is so, I wonder why I never have a spare minute in my day. I am always work-working or study-working and in the very few moments I grant myself for relaxation I only get round to watch some TV or do some knitting. I guess it’s up to me to decide whether there is something totally wrong in my life, or if this is just how it is supposed to be until I finally complete that PhD. And I will, that’s for sure. Well, I didn’t mean to discourage you. After all there are people who are luckier than me and manage to attract funding and then the whole work-work part will be missing and you can fill this  gap with something like a social life etc. So don’t  let my weird mood get you down. After all the weather is getting really nice now. So enjoy the sunshine!