clearly I didn't read clearly that day
Feb. 22nd, 2019 12:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaA year ago November, as soon as I was accepted for my second PhD program I applied for CSN, the Swedish financial aid for students. This year in November I should have applied for the next year of CSN, but I was in Seattle and mom was dying, and I don't think I thought of it at all. I did think of it at the end of January, and logged into their web page, and clicked on their ansökan page, and saw the box that showed that they have taken my application, and somehow managed to convince myself that they didn't need anything from me at this time (I know because I made a note of it on that day). However, last year my first payment from CSN arrived in mid February, and this year none has arrived, so I went back to their page tonight, figured out that one needs to apply again, and filled in their form. When I uploaded the pdf showing I am enrolled I also uploaded one apologising for not having sent in the paperwork in November, and mentioned the part about Seattle and mom dying. Hopefully it will be fine, but, never having done this before, I have no idea if it will be or not.
In happier news I got approval from St. Mary's College at Durham for a travel bursary to help me attend the United Kingdom Archaeological Sciences UKAS 2019 24th – 26th April. This means that I ought to buy my tickets to get there. However, I have also considered attending The Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium 11-13 April, to get two conferences for the price of one. Easter falls in between them, so for one of the weeks in there pretty much no one will be in the department. However, with the lab being busy lately, it may not be the best time to be gone. Therefore I have written to the ore geology group to ask who wants to use the lab in the coming weeks, so that I will know which dates I dare be gone.
Today was a busy day. Before work I plugged in the car and spent 45 minutes shovelling a thin layer of nice light, fluffy snow while it warmed up. Then I went to the petrol station and fed the car, then the grocery store and got some stuff I have been needing,then to a different petrol station to buy a new little forced air heater to replace the one from inside the car (so that when I plug in the car to warm the engine it also warms the inside of the car) and some more bungee cords (when I bought some to hold the tarp on the car (now that the tractor is using the carport) earlier this winter they had one packet of three one-meter long cords, and another packet of a bunch of mixed sized cords. So I bought one of each, since I wasn't certain what size I would want. It turns out that I needed four one-meter long cords (two at each end of the car. However, the set of three I had bought were the kind with a little click open and closed latch, while the mixed set is the kind with an always open hook. This means that in a gusty wind situation (like the other day), the open loop can let go of its neighbour and the tarp can flap free. Therefore today I bought another set of three with the clasp ends, and now the tarp will stay on better.
After shopping I went to work and ran a couple of experiments. Then, as I was packing up to head home (at 13:30) Villiam stopped in to say hello on his way back from a meeting with his thesis supervisor, so I invited him back to my place for second lunch. We had a lovely lunch and afternoon, till he needed to head off for his normal Thursday gaming night, and I sat down to the computer to be useful for a while (see above). Somehow it is now 01:00 and I still need to do my yoga and get some sleep. Luckily, I am working from home tomorrow.
In happier news I got approval from St. Mary's College at Durham for a travel bursary to help me attend the United Kingdom Archaeological Sciences UKAS 2019 24th – 26th April. This means that I ought to buy my tickets to get there. However, I have also considered attending The Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium 11-13 April, to get two conferences for the price of one. Easter falls in between them, so for one of the weeks in there pretty much no one will be in the department. However, with the lab being busy lately, it may not be the best time to be gone. Therefore I have written to the ore geology group to ask who wants to use the lab in the coming weeks, so that I will know which dates I dare be gone.
Today was a busy day. Before work I plugged in the car and spent 45 minutes shovelling a thin layer of nice light, fluffy snow while it warmed up. Then I went to the petrol station and fed the car, then the grocery store and got some stuff I have been needing,then to a different petrol station to buy a new little forced air heater to replace the one from inside the car (so that when I plug in the car to warm the engine it also warms the inside of the car) and some more bungee cords (when I bought some to hold the tarp on the car (now that the tractor is using the carport) earlier this winter they had one packet of three one-meter long cords, and another packet of a bunch of mixed sized cords. So I bought one of each, since I wasn't certain what size I would want. It turns out that I needed four one-meter long cords (two at each end of the car. However, the set of three I had bought were the kind with a little click open and closed latch, while the mixed set is the kind with an always open hook. This means that in a gusty wind situation (like the other day), the open loop can let go of its neighbour and the tarp can flap free. Therefore today I bought another set of three with the clasp ends, and now the tarp will stay on better.
After shopping I went to work and ran a couple of experiments. Then, as I was packing up to head home (at 13:30) Villiam stopped in to say hello on his way back from a meeting with his thesis supervisor, so I invited him back to my place for second lunch. We had a lovely lunch and afternoon, till he needed to head off for his normal Thursday gaming night, and I sat down to the computer to be useful for a while (see above). Somehow it is now 01:00 and I still need to do my yoga and get some sleep. Luckily, I am working from home tomorrow.