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hawkwing_lb ([personal profile] hawkwing_lb) wrote2011-01-13 02:24 pm
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They paid for my flights. Astounding.

I have acquired a travel bursary and arranged to spend five weeks in Greece between August and September. The fine details of accommodation are yet to be worked out, but with any luck I will be a long while in Athens, a short while in Corinth and in Epidauros, a while on Kos, and back in Athens for a while before departing.

I suppose this means I need to stop pretending and actually write Thesis: Chapter 1, lest I prove a vast disappointment to the people I managed to impress with my research proposal. Like my supervisor.

Today, however, I need to finish my unending Greek homework, log the books I read over the holidays, and actually eat something.

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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/ 2011-01-13 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
That's excellent news.

[identity profile] txanne.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
:-D I'm so glad!

[identity profile] hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
So am I. I did the happy monkey money dance when I got the email yesterday. :)

How's life with you?

[identity profile] hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It is! And best of all, an excellent opportunity to spend time somewhere warm.

[identity profile] txanne.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh, y'know, angsting about jobs. I really must write a letter or two today. DNW!

[identity profile] hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Jobs? What are these jobs you speak of?

[identity profile] jennygadget.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Woohoo!!!!

[identity profile] hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
You might say that. :)

[identity profile] txanne.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
A boarding school and 2 day schools, in variously desirable locations.

[identity profile] hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Go you forth with much luck! I should be less snarky and cynical.

[identity profile] txanne.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
You're justified. There were something like 600 tenure-track history jobs this year; I don't think French and classics are in better shape.

[identity profile] hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
According to some people, every advertised position in academia in this islands can expect upwards of forty applicants. Or more.

[identity profile] txanne.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
That's probably about the same proportion as here. More jobs, but also more people. :-( I'm going to knit a mitten instead of thinking about it.
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