I need (another) break
So, reading week - that handy midway week in which there are no lectures or tutorials - is over. And I am still shattered. I have the tail end of a nasty cold clinging to me, I'm white as a ghost and I have no enthusiasm for work at all. Teaching is draining me this year. Last year, it energised me. Blah.
Oh, and my viva's on November 24th. Still haven't got the official letter about it but I asked my supervisor and he told me.
Can't remember if I mentioned that Leon had (half)-offered me a job. Well, I've applied for it (twice - long story), but because I'm supposed to graduate in December and the job runs to April and the people drawing the shortlist of applicants will only shortlist registered students... yeah, I doubt I'll get it. Which on the one hand is ok, cos the way I feel at the minute, I don't think I could handle more time in Belfast, plus the wage is shit. On the other hand, it's really annoying because the job involves promotional and dissemination work, which is so different from the bog-standard literary research I've been doing for my PhD, and which would be valuable transferrable work experience. Also, the way Leon talked about it originally, it sounded like he had it already earmarked for me.
Ok, so I have mentioned it before. So, update: haven't heard any word back yet, although the post's supposed to start sometime soon.
Did I mention I'm tired? And this week is The Man of Feeling. Oh joy of joys. *bangs head against the wall*
Oh, and my viva's on November 24th. Still haven't got the official letter about it but I asked my supervisor and he told me.
Can't remember if I mentioned that Leon had (half)-offered me a job. Well, I've applied for it (twice - long story), but because I'm supposed to graduate in December and the job runs to April and the people drawing the shortlist of applicants will only shortlist registered students... yeah, I doubt I'll get it. Which on the one hand is ok, cos the way I feel at the minute, I don't think I could handle more time in Belfast, plus the wage is shit. On the other hand, it's really annoying because the job involves promotional and dissemination work, which is so different from the bog-standard literary research I've been doing for my PhD, and which would be valuable transferrable work experience. Also, the way Leon talked about it originally, it sounded like he had it already earmarked for me.
Ok, so I have mentioned it before. So, update: haven't heard any word back yet, although the post's supposed to start sometime soon.
Did I mention I'm tired? And this week is The Man of Feeling. Oh joy of joys. *bangs head against the wall*