PhD & weekends

When I came home Jill was also staying at our place! Woohoo! I love to have a good friend with me here. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to spend with her during the week. But we enjoyed our first weekend after Melbourne. It was so warm so: Time for the pool!

 Breakfast at the pool

Jilling in the pool (thx Bie ;-))

Last monday Jill left us :-( She went 600km West from where we live and she is in the middle of nowhere working in a the oldest bar of Queensland! After 3 days without news of Jill, and I couldn't reach her because she doesn't have phone reception, I started to worry and I decided to call the bar to make sure Jillie is ok. And Jillie is ok! No reception, internet hard to access, a lot of insects, dirty rooms, BUT nice people and a lot of hours to work which is good money! I think about you Jill! And we miss you here!

That is what happens in the weekends... but during the week I am working hard. And also in the weekends I try to get some things done. The last 2 weeks I have been working hard on my PhD.  It was not easy and a lot of decisions had to be made and thus a lot of hard thinking work. A PhD is really like an emotional roller coaster. Sometimes I feel so great about my research and then, because of one comment or thing that happened... I feel so stupid and I have no idea what I am doing... For the first time, I was thinking... Jessie, just go home and find a job! But I know that is not what I want to do. I want to finish my PhD. So I work more. At the moment I sorted out all the problems, I know again what to do and how so START! DO IT!

Last Saturday I went to the Currumbin Rock Pools with Philippe on the motorbikes. It took us half an hour to get there. It is like a river with rocks where you can swim and jump of the rocks! We spent a nice afternoon there!

Currumbin Rock Pools

Jumping of the rocks

We definitely have to come back to this place but apparently we have to drive a bit further on the road to the currumbin pools national park, where it is even better and nicer! So I am already looking forward to go there again!

On Sunday, I worked a bit, I read in the book about Andre Agassi (it takes me so long to finish it because I don't have time to read!). We did groceries and the laundry... In the afternoon I decided to go kayaking on the lake, but with Philippe on the pier... because I am a bit scared to fall in the water or to be attacked by the Bull Sharks that live here (that's what they say... never seen one). I enjoyed my little kayak trip! It is so cool to see all the houses from another perspective. Today I also realised how big our house is if you see it from the water!

Me kayaking

Apparently another PHD student lives in the red house :-)

She recognised her house on a facebook picture

Philippe, ready to save me if sth happens :-)

Our huge house! I love it!

As most nights, Philippe is working at the restaurant again! I had some time to write on my blog, and now I am going to work a bit more on my proposals and method chapter! 

Cheers,

Jessie