Standing on the precipice of the end..

Gosh, I can't believe its been nearly a month since my last blog. Quite a lot has happened in the month. I am currently sitting in Louise's living room (thats in Scotland) with my thesis on one side and a notepad full of scribbles on the other. This is because my Viva is tomorrow morning. (for those of you not in the academic world a Viva is a type of oral exam in which you have to defend your work to two academics who work in a similar field, but who arn't directly related to the project). I am feeling pretty nervous, it was the outcome of my last Viva that started the thought processes which ultimately lead me to give up my PhD in the first place. But I think my feeling less confident it probably a good sign, I was seriously under prepared last time and I didn't realise it. This time I'm more prepared. I'v been in Scotland for 4 days now preparing.

For Information: The Viva is 10am tomorrow morning, it will last approximately one hour and I don't know when I will be home from Scotland. If its gone well I may be required to stick around to get my thesis fully printed and bound. I'll announce it to the world when I know.

In other news there are now 2 French guys living in my house. They are exchange students and they are staying with us for 2 months (until July 5th). So far they have mostly just been very quiet and keep themselves to themselves. We keep trying to encourage them to hang out with us, but they don't seem particularly interested. This does have the advantage that I sometimes forget they are even here, although it feels a little odd.

On the job hunting front, things have slowed down a little in the last few weeks, what with the Viva and all I'v had to focus elsewhere. A company running a call centre called HeroTSC have left me hanging for nearly a month now, which is driving me mad. They keep saying they are processing my application, and that I passed the interview but they are gathering data. Ugh, frustrating as hell. I also I have properly registered with a recruitment agency who specialise in getting jobs for graduates in sales, so we shall wait and see what comes of that.

And thats everything thats going on in my life right now. I promise to keep anyone who cares up to date via facebook. and I PROMISE, PROMISE when I get a job, posting it on facebook will be the first thing I do, so for gods sake, stop asking!!!