Work Work Work

I did my catering shift last night and one today.

Last night was for Barclays Wealth to have a debate about how they should address the financial crisis. Nice...spend a ton of money to figure out how to save money. Right! They had MASSIVE flower arrangements with only roses. Filet Mignon with veggies arranged in a really fancy way. Fancy little desserts and starters. There were drinks and canapes with a bagpiper before the dinner. ha.

We got to eat the left over food which was amazing. And I got to leave early. So all in all a pretty good night.

Today I just worked a drinks reception and set tables for an event tonight. I love doing nothing. We just walked around and chatted while putting out some glasses.

Other than that life is bland. My supervisor, other research colleague, and I met on Wednesday. Everything is progressing well with my article. They are really impressed with my work, so they asked me about a PhD. Unfortunately I'm not from the EU or UK so I can't get funding here. :(

However, my research colleague worked at UC San Francisco for a long time and has connections there. In addition to that my supervisor is a big name in tobacco control. They recommended a fellowship at UCSF, but it is for post-docs. So my research colleague, Nathaniel, emailed some of his former workmates about any jobs, projects, PhDs, etc I might be able to do. Maybe something will come of that and I'll be on the West Coast. No closer to any of you though (except for Jena).

But that is just a random idea floating in the air. I applied to another post at Oxford (hopefully this time they will hire me instead of telling me I was great but the other person did better on their VERY subjective test) and I applied to a charity here. I have about 3 more due on Monday and loads next week. busy busy busy week