Dissertation

I called up my Advisor yesterday and we had a very nice chat. She is very positive I will be able to finish. I have some work to get done by August 8, when I will have to handle her in a big chunk of the work. Please send me good vibes, so I will be able to get it done.

I am almost there......

A piece of vacation

Well, just a little souvenir of what my favorite "piece of sand" looks like in the summer. I was arriving everyday at around 9 (the time of the shot) and I was staying until 12 (my dermatologist would be happy, especially with the sunscreen between 30 and 55!).
This is the only place where I relax and enjoy being on vacation. I basically live in my favorite bikini all day, I use my dad's bike to go around and I feel totally free.
I will have to wait a year to go back to the beach. If I close my eyes I can smell the sea.....

Personality test

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I am back

Hi everybody,

I am back!!!!!

I arrived two days ago and I am trying to get back to normal schedule in the city. Living by the sea meant different hours, different rhythms and now I need to get adjusted to jet lag. It's a little bit easier this year because I had a wonderful flight and I arrived in Big Canadian City in the early afternoon. I had a long and good night of sleep and the day after I woke up as new (the only weird thing: I am hungry at weird times!). Too bad the good time is over but I managed to get back with a nice tan, relaxed and happy about my vacation.

It was great being with my family and friends again. Time does fly in the summer and I can't believe July just flew by. I will miss them all.

Conf1 and Conf2 went well. The first one was really interesting and I learnt a lot as well as I met very interesting scholars. The second one was pure fun because I met all my colleagues at home. A strange but pleasant feeling to make them discover a part of my life they didn't know about.

Now I have to focus on the dissertation. I did get some work done: I revised 5 chapters out of 6. I still have to rework some parts of the first 5 and I am not done yet. Because my books weren't with me, there is still a part of work that has to be finished. But I truly hope and wish that I'll able to give it in by August 31. I am still stuck for the Intro, I hope I will get things done this week so by next one, I'll give almost the entire thing to my Advisor. I have done the boring part too: formatting and everything related. Some more writing, a little bit of an effort and I'll make it.

The autumn session is full, I risk ending up teaching even more than expected. There are still a few things about what happened in the office before I left but I'll blog about it later.

My Husband was very happy to see me as my furry monsters. I have missed them all. I have to say that being alone was also good because it helped me reflect on myself, who I am, what I want, how I relate to others, the meaning of a relationship and what I want from life. I think it was a good and productive break from ordinary life and ordinary worries. I will blog about this soon!

Now, as I am at the library in my little cubicle (I can avoid the real office until August 6, and I am soooo happy about it!), I'll try to get things done.

I promise I'll write ASAP.

Quick update--a few notes

The weather isn't really on my side. Today was rainy, cloudy and especially cold.
I worked part of the day and another part of the day I went shopping with my mom in the tiny downtown of this city. I have found a couple of shirts I can use at work and out and I am waiting for next week maybe I'll be able to find some autumn clothes to get ready for September.

It's the first vacation I have to work. it kind of sucks because I am always thinking about ùy working time (will it be enough, am I doing everything right, will things work out, how much stuff do I have to do, and the most important question: when is this over?)

I am revising Chapter 3 right now and I hope to be back with Chapter 4 under my belt. When I arrive home, there are still a couple of things in the need to be done on the mentioned chapters but I don't have any of my books with me so my revisions include formatting, rereading (just to make sure I am not saying anything stupid) and some rewriting on parts I know by heart by now.

The Internet connection is still slow and I have to admit that despite my good intentions I didn't take as many pictures as I planned. But when I'll be home, I'll post some.

I love this new rhythm even if today I realized I only have 15 days left.........
ONLY?????????????

Well, time flies and I have this controversial feeling of going back to Canada: one part of me is happy one part of me is sad. I don't want to go back. But I have to and I also want to.

This year is the first year I'll be spending my wedding anniversary far from Husband. It's strange and it will come up next week. That day I'll be in hometown, so we'll try to make up for it with Skype. :-)

On vacation

I am posting lightly because I am officially on vacation. YAY!!!!!

Conf2 went well, it was fun and now I am off by the sea. I love this: I wake up, go to the beach, come home, eat and then I work on the thesis a couplf of hours and then another 1 or 2 hours of sea and sand. At night, nothing special, I read and I watch tv if I want to.

I should be doing this much more often. I start finally to relax, after days when I was even uncapable of sleeping in because the stress was simply too much to handle.
I am getting things done and hopefully by the end of July, the dissertation will look a little bit more ready.

One thing: I have a super slow internet connection, so I won't post much. But I'll be back by the end of July.