October 30, 2009

• TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE THE MOST FABULOUS DAY OF MY LIFE!!!!!!  Our fake wedding is going to be so amazing and I can’t wait to see everyone and I want to eat so many cake ball truffles and I just can’t wait!  I’ll post more about it after it actually happens.

  Yesterday was such a long day, but it ended well.  I had a midterm in the morning that went…better than I expected sort of…but also still poorly.  I think I got maybe like a 60% on it or something.  After that I ate my first lunch at my new lab desk and it was kind of liberating in a way.  It was this feeling that I had a place.  I had been given a tiny plot on which to sprawl out my personal possessions and it was definitely a welcome relief after the midterm.  I can see my little desk and my little rolling chair becoming a kind of sanctuary for me in times of trouble, whether it be classes or research difficulties.  Then I had a four hour lab class and immediately after an hour and a half class…so I was on campus for like 9 hours straight.  Bleh.  And one of my tutees canceled her tutoring session but I didn’t respond to her email in time and she ended up waiting in the rain with a chocolate covered strawberry for me for like ten minutes…which made me feel like a giant douche for not checking my email.  Anyway, after class I, my husband and several other first years went out for steaks at Texas Roadhouse and it was delicious.  We spent like two hours just sitting there talking about this and that and it was a welcome respite from all the stress that I had experienced throughout the week.  I do feel really privileged to be part of such a fun loving and friendly group of people, especially since it wasn’t what I was expecting out of graduate school at all.

  Unfortunately I’ve got to run to a class and I probably won’t get another chance to update until well after the reception.  Such is life. 

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