I have set myself a deadline to finish the first draft of my thesis - 15 January 2006. Only 4.5 weeks to go! I am positive the goal is achievable if I maintain my current momentum. As I started to panic a few days ago, many fleeting negative thoughts went through my mind e.g., what if the markers think my whole research is crap and want me to redo! What if they think the scope is not big enough! What ifs!

My thesis supervisor has been wonderful. She thinks that I have done an amazing job with my research and she is positive that I could finish in 4.5 weeks' time.

I am almost ready to run some statistical analyses on my data set. I haven't done any statistical analysis since my honours year in 1996 so I am quite anxious about it. My flatmate kept throwing these statistical jargons, such as 1-way/2-ways ANOVAs, MANOVAs and regressions, at me. I know the terms, but I can't remember when to use them. Anyway, my thesis supervisor is so excited about my research that she is going to help me with the statistical analyses this Friday. Phew! I hope we will find what we are looking for.

So ... the one who promised to proof read my thesis ... the 'introduction' and ' method' sections will be on their way to you very soon :) I'm sure you are thrilled!