Friday, 20 January 2012

FO Friday - The biggest project of my life

Not a craft project this week, but a project I'm very proud of! I handed in my dissertation!!!

When I say it was the biggest project of my life, I mean it. It was 15,000 words in the body of the text, 22,000 with abstract, appendices, and references added, 90 pages, 3 months of my life in a lab, and 5 months of writing at most available opportunities. Oh and 36 hours without sleep to get it finished despite all that.

But it's in! It's so weird not having to worry about it any more (though I've already found one mistake when I was emailing it to my supervisor...

Just the viva to go now!


I was going to take a picture off the dissertation before I handed it in, but I had to run to get it in on time, so instead, here're some picture that I took during the course of the project


Those are blood vessels in the chorionic villi of the placenta, and they're glowing green because they contain the molecule I was looking for. Pretty cool huh?

I cast on for the first knitting project I've done in weeks last night, and it's so great to get back to it. And now to go clean the house, which hasn't been cleaned or tidied for a week, and catch up on the blogs I've missed

I figure this is an FO, so I'm going to link it to FO Friday over at Tami's Amis
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17 comments:

  1. pinkundine20 January 2012 at 10:41

    Congrats! Must be such a relief to finally get it finished and handed in. The pictures look very cool (and bizarrely pretty!)

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  2. Crochet Addict UK20 January 2012 at 10:46

    Looking forward to seeing whatever you have cast on :-)

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  3. Hi, I'm Vicki20 January 2012 at 10:47

    wow congratulations, that's a huge project to have gotten finished - well done you xxx

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  4. WonderWhyGal20 January 2012 at 11:22

    Science always amazes me. Those photos are really cool. Hooray for completing your dissertation.

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  5. lyndagrace20 January 2012 at 12:17

    Congratulations! That was a lot of work. I am so proud of you.

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  6. Allison20 January 2012 at 12:56

    Congratulations! That's a gigantic project!

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  7. Hazels Crochet20 January 2012 at 13:52

    Wow that sounds super heavy, it must feel great to have it all completed and handed in...

    It is pretty cool how you can find stuff like that :) smart cookie :)

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  8. supertinks20 January 2012 at 14:23

    Congratulations! What a relief to have it finally done and handed in.

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  9. Marie/Underground Crafter20 January 2012 at 15:07

    Yay! Congratulations! (And here I was thinking this post would be about a king sized blanket, lol.)

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  10. heather20 January 2012 at 15:56

    WOW!!!

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  11. Anonymous20 January 2012 at 16:08

    Good job. Congratulations

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  12. amy20 January 2012 at 16:20

    Congratulations! Your research sounds really interesting, and I also find scientific photos can be beautiful. :)

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  13. Leah20 January 2012 at 19:00

    Congratulations! Here's to more stress-free crafting ahead :)

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  14. Affiknitty20 January 2012 at 20:41

    WOW! Congratulations. That must be a great feeling.

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  15. Crafty Intrigue20 January 2012 at 23:48

    Congratulations. That is a big accomplishment.

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  16. Emily22 January 2012 at 18:11

    FANTASTIC!! Congrats!

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  17. Keri22 January 2012 at 21:35

    That is certainly an FO worth celebrating. Congrats!!!!!

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