Anxiety attack
Within my first 30 minutes at ITU today, I had bumped into several people who all commented on my up-coming defense. "So how is preparations coming along?", "Not much time to go?" etc. The defense have been announced on the frontpage of the ITU website and in the internal newsletter which goes out to all employees and students. So now Everybody knows and there is no turning back. And in the weekend, I talked to more people from the outside who would be coming to listen to me too, and even Torill has announced her presence. Even if I'm looking forward to her visit and to see old and new colleagues and friends amongst the audience, overall I'm starting to feel just a wee bit intimated, because friday is suddenly so very much JUST AROUND THE CORNER, and it seems there will be quite a full house and I still have to sit down and find out exactly what I need to say, a perspective that can communicate the most important aspects of my research to both the laymen and the experts in the committee. I need a muse, and I need her badly, now!
# posted by Lisbeth at: 13:20