multiple dones

for some reason i feel the need to document every part of this finishing-of-the-pensky process. perhaps because it has caused so much grief, and also perhaps because i dont quite believe its nearly over! if i see it on a blog perhaps its more real....

anyway, yesterday i whizzed through the disaster area that was chapter three and got it fixed up in record time. then i copied it into the wholedraftv6.document and then i got butterflies in my tummy.

i took all the old versions of chapters out of the file:

and stored them in my library bag:

there are earlier versions here i might need to refer to yet.

then i ran to officeworks to get more paper (yes another rainforest gone in the interests of academia) and printed the whole thing out:


it is 72000 words. 179 pages. a bit short but i havent double spaced it yet :)

i punched holes in all the chapters and refiled the whole thing, separating each chapter for ease of reading:

and then i started to read the whole thing through, which i have not done so far. i am putting little post it notes where i need to check references or fix a sentence. i only got to chapter two and so far it reads pretty well and seems to coincide with what i finished up doing (i wrote the beginning so long ago it would not have surprised me if it had turned into something else in between). i have a meeting with a not-official supervisor on friday for some friendly feedback esp on the theory stuff. he said on the phone that its too easy to read. we're not sure if this is good or bad!

anyway. this part is done. trent says i cant have multiple dones but what would he know? he thinks dancing-welding-leg-warmer-wearing girls are hot so....

k xx

ps. no more knitting to report. i have frogged the fancy sock cuff and am going to sydney today for a skin doctor appt and then jo and i are heading into the city to a certain yarn store where i will buy the correct size needles. nothing else. just needles.