So, the holidays are finally here, and I’m off to a great start, making it into the lab at 9:30 on monday morning!!! I have to say, it did make me feel somewhat righteous as I tended to my project after a term of neglect. Perhaps, my newfound attitude of responsibility will save my impending progress report. However, I knew the dedication was somewhat fickle, as I ran out of the lab cheerfully at 12pm to head to a Christmas lunch and spend the rest of the day eating, drinking and generally being merry (not, for once, in the drunken sense!).
All said and done, I made it in today too and realised that maybe, just maybe I might understand what I’m doing. This is very encouraging as I have been told by many before me that most students never understand their project until the week they write it up. More likely though, I’ve just managed to fool myself into thinking that I actually understand. 3 more days to go and then the holiday fun will really and truly begin. In the meantime, I’m off for dinner and a bottle of wine to celebrate a great institution with one of my friends (that of ‘Sunday Night Drinks’ – where we used to solve the world’s problems over a drink or two just before the week began).
