Psychoblog

sometimes i don’t really know what to put here. me and carl do almost everything together and so he has usually written all about everything in his blog before i come to put something in mine. never mind. he often sees things differently to me anyway.

carl has been made redundant. that came as a big shock. i’m glad that he doesn’t have to work there anymore because he was so unhappy, but at the same time there are all the natural worries about moneystuffs. he has been applying for lots of jobs though and his experience and charm will prolly get him something before money runs out. if not i might be dusting off my bar maiding skills. it will all be okay though, whichever way things turn out.

we went to our first proper raf air show a bit ago and it was absolutely great. we arrived at the airfield just in time to see the fighter jets stretching their wings. i never really imagined that they would go so fast and be so loud. it sounded like they were ripping the sky apart and i had to hide behind carl (bonked my nose on his back the first time a jet came past low). i can’t imagine what it would be like to be one of those pilots. we saw lots of other things. the red arrows were perfect (they have to be though) and the harrier was great and the aerobatic pilots were amazing too. i went on a helicopter which was a real experience. i don’t like flying in planes but the helicopter was just so gentle and graceful and relaxing. so much better.

i came away from it all with the conclusion that being in the raf would be a really cool career if it wasn’t for the whole war thing. oh, and a floppy hat works better than suncream at keeping noses from being burnt.

work things are going well. have scanned my first patient now (too scared to look at the results though) and have recruited my second. i think i am keeping my supervisor sufficiently happy. it is coming up to the end of my second year now, which is scary. but i’m glad i’m over half way. i’m in a bit of a slump at the moment where i am a bit fed up of it all and can i do something different now please? saw an advert today for a job doing fmri of sleep. now that’s something that i would like to do. never mind. apparently this happens to all phd people and the enthusiasm will return.

in 3 days time it is my best friends wedding back in brum. that’s going to be really weird. there are going to be some people there i haven’t seen in a long time and it will be nice/strange to catch up with them again.