B: YEAH I MEAN IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND I WENT TO SO MANY UH THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE FROM OXFORD THAT MY FRIENDS TOLD ME LIKE YOU KNOW

A: MM HMM

B: UH THEY'RE THERE IF YOU WANT YOU CAN HANG OUT WITH THEM AND STUFF THEY'RE FROM MY COLLEGE SO I WAS LIKE FINE MIGHT MEET SOME RANDOM NEW PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW

A: MM HMM

B: I WENT WITH THEM AND THEN WE ENDED UP STAYING OUT TIL TWO THIRTY AND UH AND AT EIGHT AT LIKE EIGHT O'CLOCK I WAS ALREADY SO HUNGRY BECAUSE I HAD DINNER A SIX

A: <LAUGH>

B: SEVEN ISH YOU KNOW AND THEN AT EIGHT O'CLOCK I WAS SO HUNGRY AND THEN THEY WERE JUST LIKE TALKING TO RANDOM STRANGERS AND AND DRINKING MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE LIKE I NEED FOOD

A: <LAUGH>

B: AND WE ENDED UP GETTING DINNER AT ELEVEN THIRTY

A: OH MY GOD <LAUGH>

B: YEAH

A: OH ARE YOU LIKE IS IT TWO HOURS AHEAD OR ONE HOUR AHEAD OF

B: NO IT'S NONE IT'S ON THE SAME TIMEZONE

A: OH SAME OH OKAY

B: YEAH YEAH

A: <LAUGH> I WAS CONFUSED

B: YEAH

A: MM

B: AND SO I GOT HOME AT LIKE TWO THE METRO STOPPED UH SO AT ONE O'CLOCK LIKE THE METRO THERE'S NO MORE METRO LINES

A: MM

B: SO I HAD TO GO HALFWAY AND THE METRO WAS LIKE GET OUT EVERYONE GET OUT HERE AND I WALKED HOME IN THE NIGHT

A: <LAUGH>

B: I WAS SO ANGRY BUT IT WAS FUN BUT I WAS <LAUGH> ANGRY

A: BUT DID YOU GET MORE TIME TO LIKE RELAX OR SOMETHING AT LEAST NO

B: UH NO PE NO I'VE JUST BEEN GOING STANDING IN STUPID LINES IN THE HOT SUN TRYING TO GET MY PASSPORT RENEWED

A: MM HMM

B: AND MY CITIZENSHIP CARD YOU KNOW THE EU CITIZEN CARD

A: MM HMM

B: THING RENEWED AND <LIPSMACK> SO YEAH THAT'S IT SO I'M VERY TIRED I NEED TO SLEEP

A: <LAUGH> YEAH

B: YOU CAN SEE IT IN MY FACE

A: <LAUGH> I GUESS <LAUGH>

B: SO WHAT ABOUT YOU HOW'S IT GOING

A: I THINK IT WAS JUST THE SAME THINGS FOR ME EVERY DAY SO UM

B: DISSERTATION

A: YES <LAUGH>

B: BUT AT LEAST YOU'RE DONE WITH ASSIGNMENTS RIGHT

A: YEAH YEAH BUT NOW I'M BUMMED BUT THEN I I COULD'VE WORKED HARDER I COULD'VE MANAGED MY STRESS BETTER AND DONE BETTER I DON'T KNOW IT'S JUST I DON'T KNOW IT'S IT'S IT'S IN HINDSIGHT LI IN HINDSIGHT AND EVERYTHING'S

B: I KNOW OF COURSE I FEEL THE SAME WAY LIKE I SHOULD'VE I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHATEVER 'CAUSE I GO I'M GETTING MY GRADES BACK AND THEY'RE NOT THAT GOOD THIS TIME BUT IT WA

A: MM HMM

B: SO THE FIRST THE FIRST ASSIGNMENTS WAS REALLY GOOD

A: MM YEAH

B: YEAH I LIKE NOT LAST NOT FIRST SEMESTER BUT THE FIRST ONES OF THIS TERM

A: YEAH BEFORE UM MID

A: MM HMM

B: YEAH COVID WE'RE FORGETTING COVID BASICALLY

A: YEAH <LAUGH>

B: IN OTHER WORDS

A: YEAH

B: AND THE SECOND ONES ARE NOT LIKE THE SECOND ONES ARE NOT COMING IN BUT I'M STILL DOING WELL BECAUSE THE FIRST ONES KINDA HELP BRING THE AVERAGE

A: YEAH

B: UP

A: MM HMM

B: SO I'M STILL LIKE EKING ON LIKE IN ONE I GOT SIXTY NINE POINT FIVE

A: HOW DO YOU NO THAT'S SO

B: IT IS

A: FRUSTRATING LIKE OH I WAS FRUSTRATED THAT ONE OF THEM WAS LIKE LIKE IT AVERAGED UP TO SIXTY NINE THAT'S SO FRUSTRATING <LAUGH>

B: FRUSTRATING I KNOW AND THEN WHEN I GOT SEVENTY TWO SOMEHOW SO I'M JUST MAKING IT PAST THAT YOU KNOW BARELY MAKING IT PAST THAT SEVENTY

A: I KNOW

B: MARK SOMEHOW GETTING THERE UM BUT YEAH LIKE I I WAS JUST THINKING IF I HAPPEN TO GET COVID N AND YOU KNOW IT WOULD'VE BEEN SO MUCH

A: YEAH

B: BETTER LIKE OH WELL IT'S JUST LIFE

A: YEAH EXACTLY BECAUSE LIKE EVERYTHING IS SO UNPREDICTABLE BUT I GUESS IN THE END YEAH IT'S JUST LIFE <LAUGH>

B: I KNOW IT'S JUST SOME STUPID GRADES BUT I WHEN YOU'RE FUNDING DEPENDS ON YOUR ENTIRE FUTURE DEPENDS ON SOME STUPID GRADES IT'S SO FRUSTRATING

A: YEAH YEAH

B: RIGHT OH WELL

A: YEAH YEAH GRE HER OTHERWISE I'M NOT I'M REALLY NOT DOING MUCH I'M JUST WRITING ON MY DISSERTATION AND IT'S LIKE ONE DAY IT MAKES SENSE THE OTHER DAY I'M LIKE QUESTIONING EVERYTHING IT DOESN'T

B: <LAUGH>

A: MAKE SENSE <LAUGH> ANYMORE SO

B: <LAUGH> UH YES DISSERTATION PROBLEMS I KNOW THAT'S HOW I FELT LAST YEAR LIKE NOW I'M FINDING MISTAKES IN MY PREVIOUS LIKE MODELS THAT I HAD RUN BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING IN MSMR AND I'M I'M GOING BACK AND THINKING LIKE <BREATH> OH MAYBE I SHOULD'VE INVA IN UM INCLUDED THIS AS A COVARIANT OR WHATEVER

A: MM HMM

B: YOU KNOW AND I I'M JUST CONSTANTLY LIKE SECOND GUESSING EVERYTHING I DID ONE YEAR AGO

A: <LAUGH> YEAH <LAUGH> I GET THAT

B: SO SO YEAH UH AND I HAVE TO PRESENT A THING AT SOME LAB MEETING ON THE SEVENTEENTH AND I'M LIKE I DON'T HAVE TIME

A: SO IS IT IS IT ABOUT YOUR DISSERTATION YOUR CURRENT ONE

B: YEAH AND UH I I I UM I WORK AT THE PSYCHOLINGUISTICS LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LISBON

A: OH YEAH MM HMM

B: AND THEY HAVE THESE LAB MEETINGS AND THE THING IS LIKE EVERYONE PRESENTS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR

A: MM HMM NICE

B: AND SO IT'S MY TURN I THOUGHT LIKE OH BY THE TIME IT'S THE SEVENTEENTH OF MAY I'LL HAVE SOME KIND OF SCAFFOLDING OF A DISSERTATION READY

A: YEAH

B: I CAN PRESENT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN SO

A: YEAH IT'S WEIRD HOW LIKE THE TIME'S GOING BY SO FAST LIKE

B: MM HMM

A: IT LIKE I KNEW THIS WAS GONNA BE ONE YEAR BUT IT'S BEEN LIKE IT'S GONE BY SO FAST IT'S ALREADY JUST THREE MONTHS LEFT BASICALLY <LAUGH>

B: I KNOW AND AND THESE THREE MONTHS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY HARD

A: MM HMM

B: LIKE IF YOU THOUGHT ASSIGNMENTS ARE HARD WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE TO SIT ALONE AND DO EVERYTHING ALONE BY YOURSELF

A: YEAH <LAUGH>

B: YOU KNOW FUN IT'S GOING TO BE HOT HOW'S THE HEATWAVE THERE'S A HEATWAVE NO OR SOMETHING

A: I MEAN THE HEATWAVE IS IS LIKE EIGHTEEN DEGREES AND IT'S

B: OH GOD

A: NOT ANOTHER DEGREE <LAUGH>

B: OKAY

A: IT DOESN'T EVEN FEEL LIKE EIGHTEEN DEGREES TO M EITHER TO ME IT'S NICE BUT AND IT'S LIKE IT'S CONSTANTLY WINDY AND I JUST GET COLD REALLY <LAUGH> LIKE

B: YEAH

A: I MEAN IT'S DEFINITELY

B: OKAY

A: NOT A HEATWAVE IF YOU ASK ME <LAUGH>

B: OKAY BECAUSE THE UK NEWS IS LIKE THEY'S LIKE HEATWAVE LONDON'S GOING TO BE BOILING OVER

A: I KNOW I THINK IT'S ALWAYS LIKE DOWN THERE IN LONDON I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A BIT WARMER AND MAYBE

B: YEAH

A: YOU'D HAVE MAYBE LIKE TWENTY TWENTY TWO DEGREES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT

B: THAT'S IT

A: <LAUGH>

B: THAT WAS THE HEATWAVE

A: BUT I GUESS I MEAN I GUESS IT'S A LOT FOR ME HM

B: MM HMM

A: MM HMM

B: MM BECAUSE YEAH YOU'RE ALMOST THIRTY DEGREES THERE WAS TWENTY SEVEN TWENTY EIGHT TWENTY NINE THIRTY ISH

A: MM HMM

B: FOR LIKE SINCE I GOT HERE IT'S BEEN HOT

A: BUT THAT MUST BE NICE AS WE I HAVE MY FRIEND MY FRIEND'S VISITING SOUTH AFRICA BUT HER FAMILY LIVES HERE SO SHE WENT BACK AND VISITED AND IT'S THEY'RE KIND OF GOING INTO WINTER NOW SO IT'S ONLY LIKE ABOUT TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO DEGREES AND THEY'RE ALL SHIVERING BUT SHE'S HAVING THE THE TIME OF HER LIFE

B: THE TIME OF HER LIFE <LAUGH> THAT'S SO <LAUGH> THAT'S SO INTERESTING

A: I KNOW

B: YEAH I CAN IMAGINE LIKE BACK HOME IN THE WINTER WHEN IT GETS TOO VERY LIKE TWENTY SIX OR TWENTY SEVEN SO NEVER BELOW THAT

A: <LAUGH>

B: I USED TO LIKE NEED A SWEATER TO GO TO

A: MM

B: SCHOOL AND STUFF YOU KNOW AND AND I NEEDED AN EXTRA JACKET AND STUFF AND NOW TWENTY SIX IS LIKE WHAT

A: <LAUGH>

B: FLIP FLOPS

A: YEAH IT'S WEIRD HOW YOU ADAPT TO THINGS LIKE THAT <LAUGH>

B: OH GOD YEAH BUT IT'S SURPRISING LIKE HERE IN LISBON RIGHT NOW I'M NOT FEELING IT SO BAD

A: MM HMM

B: UH BUT IT'S LIKE AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN THE SHADE YOU'RE FINE THE MINUTE YOU GO INTO THE SUN LIKE YOU KNOW IT'S AWFUL YEAH NO THEN YOU GET BURNED

A: <LAUGH>

B: AND THE BEST THING ABOUT LISBON IS LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE FALLING ALL THE TIME SO YOU GOT LOTS OF TOURISTS WHO COME HERE THINKING LIKE OH I'M GONNA WEAR MY HIGH HEELS BECAUSE I WANNA TAKE INSTAGRAM PHOTOS BUT IT'S REALLY HILLY

A: OH YEAH MM HMM

B: AND THEY HAVE LIKE THE THE THE CALçADA I DON'T KNOW UM WHAT UH THE COBBLESTONE

A: OH YEAH MM HMM

B: YEAH THEY HAVE THE COBBLESTONE SO IT'S VERY OLD AND IT'S VERY LIKE SMOOTH SO IF IT RAINS YOU SLIP EVEN IN THE SUN YOU SLIP

A: OH YEAH AND NO THAT'S SO COOL YEAH