Sitting with two of my favourite females, who provided hugs, and tissues and flapjack and consoling comments. See, this year has been horrible, at times. My project has been rubbish, my supervisors thoroughly unsupportive and the lads in my lab rarely missed an opportunity to put me down.
However, I have lived with two fantastic girls and it's been great. It's been fraught, sometimes, but things get that way when you spend intense periods of time with the same people. Three can be an awkward number and spending near enough 24/7 with someone is bound to mean there are points when you get a little frustrated with each other, but that's what happens with family. While I haven't known these girls all that long, in a sense, they are kind of like sisters to me. They are wonderful. Today, one made me dinner and the other made me tea. We laughed hysterically over something that probably wasn't even that funny, but does it matter?
Laughter is the best medicine.
So yes, I know that I may never use my Masters in Chemistry, nor need it specifically as a prerequisite of the career path I follow, whatever that may be. I am continually concerned that my dwindling desire to put any more effort in will severely affect my class of degree, and there's a small part of me that sometimes suggests I should have quit while I was ahead. But then, I would not have consolidated my friendship with these two amazing ladies; girls I plan to keep in touch with for a very long time to come.
On the jukebox: Ok Go ~ This Too Shall Pass
I burst into tears on the way home yesterday, when I found out I didn't get something I wanted very much. I got home an absolute wreck, and two of my housemates were there. One of them gave me a hug, and the other, one of his private supply of chocolate digestives - a big gesture in the circumstances, he's lovely but you know, women in meltdown are not his forte.
ReplyDeleteIt's ALL about the people, especially the ones who pick you up afterwards, and share their digestive biscuits with you. Good luck, you. x
Glad you're feeling a little cheerier. I haven't really known what to say on your last few posts and thought it better to stay silent rather than offer platitudes that won't mean anything.
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking as someone who hasn't used their Masters degree one little bit I can tell you that the world will not end. And it will make anyone who meets you and finds out that you have a Masters degree, unnecessarily impressed. Which is nice.
sounds like an adventurous day.
ReplyDeletehappy birthday! ;)
- Mary-Beth