Monday, 17 July 2023
It’s the day of my supervision meeting at uni and it’s usually a day I dread as I have no idea what is wanted from me or what I’m supposed to be doing and I end up waffling away for an hour or so about anything and nothing. In a word I’m unprepared for these meetings and it shows.
Today is different though. I am prepared today; I’ve done some work and sent it to my supervisor, and I’ve been in uni and done more work ready for my meeting. This time I am prepared, I am ready, and I know what I’m doing. I have a clear head and it shows. I’m focused on what I need to do and what I’m doing.
There’s still the usual problems of course. University at this time of year is like a ghost town with corridor after corridor of empty offices and lecture rooms. So, when I can’t access the printer I used it’s a case of going over to the library to report it and then back to my office, the long way round because new windows are being fitted in the building where my office is. Universities are comprised of layer after layer after layer of administration in one form or another and you can spend days if not weeks trying to wade through it.
The meeting with my supervisor goes well, really well in fact. He’s happy with what I’m doing and the direction I’m taking, and he even comments that I’m beginning to sound like an academic researcher! After years of dumbing down because of the way my autistic mind thinks, I can finally be myself and get every operation down line by line by line. This annoys a lot of people, but it excites me and makes me who I am.
I was going to go to the gym after, but I’m feeling tired and bloated so go home and have a quick something to eat before I’m overcome with tiredness and head to bed to watch Doc Martin in bed around 8pm. It’s been a good day.
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