Yes I know it's almost a month since Christmas, I have been rather busy/not in the writing mood. As much as it sucks when Christmas is over and you have to go back to work I didn't find it too bad this year. I think it was because I have now reigned in my expectations about Christmas now, yes it is good, it is great to see family, and get presents and eat lots of lovely food and relax but it always goes by very quickly and the next thing you know it is over and you are back working. As always my parents were too generous in their gifts, I got various bits and pieces including books, CDs (yes I still get CDs, I like to have something physical rather than just a file on a computer), a new coat (mainly for dog walking and of course my first time back at the animal sanctuary since Christmas a dog managed to rip a hole in the coat!). My parents got me Overwatch on PS4 which is seriously addictive and my brother got me Batman Arkham Knight which I'm also enjoying. As part of my presents I got money towards getting a tablet. I like doing research on potential purchases but I have to say it was seriously difficult to narrow down my choices to a tablet that fit my desired criteria. In the end I decided on a Nvidia Shield K1 tablet which I'm definitely happy with so far.
In terms of my PhD I am close to finishing another section of it, though I still have a mountain of work to get to before the end. I definitely miss the days when my supervisor and other people were here, it seems a lot of time recently I have been the only person in the lab/office for large parts of the day. It doesn't help that the lights in the lab go off after a while if they don't detect any motion so if I'm in the office it feels rather isolated. That said it's not all doom and gloom, one of the researchers/lecturers has set up a musical group, so I now go to jam sessions on Mondays. We have each nominated songs to work on and we are planning to rent out a proper band rehearsal room at some point down to play in a proper setting rather than the lunch area at work!
That's pretty much what is happening with me at the moment, my PhD, my music group, five-a-side football on Tuesdays (if we can get the numbers and if I'm free/feeling up for it/its not bucketing down!) and I try to go dog walking at the animal sanctuary one day at the weekend. Being busy lately has made me feel a bit guilty that I spent so many weekends previously just loafing about the whole time. That's hindsight for you!
Thanks for reading. I'll maybe get around to writing a post about movies I've seen recently and comment on what I thought of Batman V Superman and Suicide Squad which I'm sure those of you who have read my many posts about superhero things were wondering why I hadn't posted anything about them yet. Spoiler alert, its because they were pretty awful!
