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I did my talk this morning, which was at 9.30 - the first one of the day (apart from the ones in the other sessions, that I wanted to see, but couldn’t really not be there for my own) - and the morning after the conference dinner, at which there was wine and overzealous waiting staff in the college dining room. The food was delicious, though. All the food I’ve had there has been good (although I was too nervous to eat breakfast this morning, unfortunately). There was beer afterwards in the pub, and a late night, and an early morning because I woke up before 5.30 and couldn’t really get back to sleep again for worrying about my talk.
I was happy with how it went, though, in the end, although it was a bit short, which isn’t a bad thing. It’s a bad thing when speakers go on for too long. I could answer all the questions, although with hindsight, I could have expanded a bit more on one or two of them. But it’s all good practice for my Big Fat Greek Adventure, which starts on Tuesday.
Because my talk finished five minutes early, I was able to go to one of the other sessions after all, which was good.
Today was the last day of the conference, which has been really good. I’ve enjoyed every minute of it, except for many of those in the ten hours before my talk! We’re off out tonight for noodles, then tomorrow, it’s the return to normality, then a debriefing session on Monday, then off, as I said, on my Big Fat Greek Adventure.
Such is the life of a PhD student!
Oh, and I’m losing my voice because I’m talking so much! I started off the week with a sore throat and then midweek, it was trying to be a cold, but I’ve been drinking Lemsip and Beechams Cold and Flu all week, and it seems to have been staved off, whether as a result of the medication or my super-duper immune system, I’m not sure. I’ve got a cup of hot honey and lemon Beechams now.
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