Mars to the Rescue!

Despite the fact that the children are back at school again, I am still largely working in the bedroom/'satellite study'. This is because many of my textbooks are upstairs at the moment and I can't be bothered to haul them en masse downstairs at the moment. Plus when the Bright-Eyed Boy arrives home from school, he is eager to get onto the family computer which occupies the big desk in the downstairs 'study' and hops about until I give in and move my laptop and books upstairs. Although I do work on my laptop there, I unplug it and take it upstairs for safe-keeping if I leave the house: the front room windows are a bit to close to the pavement and I haven't got the blinds I've been hankering after yet. Actually I have been working downstairs today. It's much brighter and the proximity of the street is a welcome distraction if I'm feeling gormless. At this time of year the south-facing aspect is really a pleasant bonus rather than a hindrance. I'm making reasonable progress at the moment trying to verbalise the scope of the thesis, but am constantly tempted to go off at a tangent on some sub-topic that I really intended to expand upon later. I keep having to rein myself back in and just put up 'signposts'. I've also discovered that my brain works better on a high-sugar intake - it really does! If the words start to fail, it's a fair bet that a coffee and a Mars Bar will ensure a return to full fluency. It's a dangerous precedent to set at such an early stage, particularly as I spend much of my time just sitting about. At this rate I could double in size before I finish my PhD!