Hello second week of the school holidays - a.k.a. third week of the school holidays on account of two kidlets being sick for a week, two weeks ago...
I'm finally back in the office, and it's oh so quiet! I can actually hear myself think.
Sadly, thinking is about all I will be doing today as I discovered this morning that one of my darlings had absconded with my thumb drive.
This is where I admit I have made the grave mistake of backing up all my research and writing in one place... You know it! On that thumb drive.
Every PhD student knows this is a very big no-no. But you see, I've really only just started work and I and had plans of buying a portable hard drive, and also backing everything up on drop box (when I either pay to expand my already busting-at-the-seams account or create a new account (which would be my third dropbox account).
I guess it is good the littleratbag cherub (whichever boy he is) stole my thumb drive this early in the piece. I can retrieve my pathetically small number of reviews and stories from emails I have sent to my supervisor over the past three months.
Still, I could cheerfully throttle my kids right now. NOTHING is sacred, is it?
You know the Toddler Rules of Posession?
Yes, well, in my experience, it doesn't only pertain to toddlers, but also to teenagers - and every age in between!
I'm participating in this weeks IBOT over a EssentiallyJess - come and play with us.
I'm finally back in the office, and it's oh so quiet! I can actually hear myself think.
Sadly, thinking is about all I will be doing today as I discovered this morning that one of my darlings had absconded with my thumb drive.
This is where I admit I have made the grave mistake of backing up all my research and writing in one place... You know it! On that thumb drive.
Every PhD student knows this is a very big no-no. But you see, I've really only just started work and I and had plans of buying a portable hard drive, and also backing everything up on drop box (when I either pay to expand my already busting-at-the-seams account or create a new account (which would be my third dropbox account).
I guess it is good the little
Still, I could cheerfully throttle my kids right now. NOTHING is sacred, is it?
You know the Toddler Rules of Posession?
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Yes, well, in my experience, it doesn't only pertain to toddlers, but also to teenagers - and every age in between!
I'm participating in this weeks IBOT over a EssentiallyJess - come and play with us.

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My kids are still little, but I've already had the experience of looking for something (seems to happen a lot with my kitchen scissors!) only to find that little hands have taken them for a wander! Infuriating.