Just when you think the hard part is over, an even more difficult task appears.  I know, I was warned,… Read more Trouble

After a few weeks off, from blogging as well as studying, my supervisors recently suggested that my literature review is… Read more Sweet like chocolate

From the slightly red glow emanating from my face and limbs, a lack of literature review progress over the past… Read more It ain’t over ’til it’s over

When you are lucky enough to have six weeks off work to enjoy the summer, you have to make the… Read more Ain’t no sunshine

I think it’s about a month since my last post – reflective of the amount of work I’ve done on… Read more Human

Conference season is well and truly upon us, and this week marks the second and third outings for my poster… Read more The fear

A few years ago, like many other people who bought property during the last property boom, my husband and I… Read more This ole house

When I started this blog, I thought it was obvious how ‘phdonderer’ should be pronounced. I was proven wrong on… Read more Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

If the PhD is teaching me anything, it’s teaching me just how important the little things are.  Little things like… Read more All the small things

We all know that over-indulgence is, generally, not good for us. We rarely hear, however, about under-indulgence and its effects.… Read more Wake me up

Year after year, I watch some 30,000 people as they demonstrate their hard work and commitment during the London Marathon.… Read more Born to run…?

I have supervision at the end of this week and, as much as supervision can be daunting, and sometimes a… Read more I get knocked down…