Are we there yet?

I'm having a really rough sort of PMSsy day today.

The bosses don't sound very hopeful about the grant, well one does and one doesn't. There is 25million pound to be shared, and 11 groups were going for the money. We asked for 5 million quid to fund research for 5 years, split between the UK and Kenya. They presented the proposal to a panel of 24 international researchers, yesterday.

The panel will make up their minds today, and we will be notified of the decision next week. Now, is it me (probably) but does 24 hours seem like not a lot of time to make a decision that could effect the jobs of 50-100 people and involve such sums?

No-one seems to be around in work, and the people who are in my office are all doing their own thing, or eating their lunch while reading papers. My computer is in a lab that has been converted into a computer room. When I say "my computer" I actually mean my computer, which makes it more annoying that since one of the other computers in the lab lost it's hard drive everyone seems to use mine. It is starting to aggravate me. And I shouted at a student today who said something negative about Liverpool.


Definitely hormonal. Maybe Kym can find me a quiz to do... what hormone are you most like?

Just looking on the Damn Fine Con site. I really need to sign up for this, but my natural inertia is stopping me, and my terrible need to spend money constantly. I'll do it this weekend... if I could pay by credit card over the net I would have done it ages ago!