D-day -14

My dreams related to the disputation are becoming increasingly weird. Last week I dreamt that the defense had been moved to my parents' bed room and that the opponent started with saying "This is not passable". Even worse, half-way through the defense I realised that I'd forgotten to buy the sparkly wine for the celebration toast. I guess a hobby psychologist could have good fun analysing this, which is in fact what my colleague started doing right away.

Last night I dreamt that 20 min before the defense was about to begin I realised that it would have been a good idea to rehearse my presentation at least once in advance. When I looked at the slides I didn't recognise any of them and had no idea what I had planned to say. Good thing I'm a master of improvisation so I don't feel so worried about that.

Today I at least finally got around to starting with the presentation. Number of slides finished so far: 4 (including the title and thank-you slides)

I'm also fast approaching fame and celebrityhood. Today I gave the (as I expect) first interview about my research. She even said she might twitter about it. Woah, big times now! Maybe I should think about getting an assistant? Come to think about it, I'll actually soon have one. Or at least I'll co-supervise a PhD student, which is practically the same as having an assistant. Right Linda?

Still on to-do-list to accomplish in the next 14 days:

• Buy wine and beer and other things crucial for the disputation party 
• Decide on food and order it
• Make to-do-list of all the other little party-related things that need to be done
• Read some Very Important Things
• Think really hard about what I've really come up with (if any)
• Finish presentation (the hard parts are done - title slide, thank you slide, aim and studied systems)