I'm doing OK! I mean it's 3:30 and I just got home from work, which is proof that I made the right decision, if you ask me.
Inara: You don't have to die alone. Mal: Everybody dies alone.
'Out Of Gas'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Rio - May 31, 2005 11:36:24 pm PDT #8346 of 10001
Are you ready to be strong?
Nilly - May 31, 2005 11:47:24 pm PDT #8347 of 10001
Swouncing
Well, you talk to the girl who is working/studying pretty much 30 hours straight by now, so I wouldn't count on me for any rational judgment...
But it's not the usual schedule for me, far from it, and there are really good people here, I really like my PhD adviser, and it's nothing like the stress you describe. So, yeah, it definitely seems like you've made the right desicion. I imagine it still took a lot of courage - to leave the known and safe. I'm still with the "go, you!"
Rio - May 31, 2005 11:53:30 pm PDT #8348 of 10001
Are you ready to be strong?
I really like my PhD adviser
This is awesome, and I'm so happy for you.
I imagine it still took a lot of courage - to leave the known and safe.
Yes, I'm a little scared about what comes next, after the wedding, the honeymoon, my second hip surgery and recovery from same. But I'm not thinking about any of the "what's next" stuff right now. I'm too busy planning the wedding and the honeymoon, thankfully. I imagine that when it's all over I'll feel a little lost and panicky.
Nilly - Jun 01, 2005 12:00:53 am PDT #8349 of 10001
Swouncing
This is awesome
It's so very important. I'm very lucky in that. [Edit: and thankful]
I imagine that when it's all over I'll feel a little lost and panicky.
Maybe I'm stepping over bounds here, but wouldn't the new "home" security (I'm not even sure I'm calling this by the right name) be a sort of something to lean on, to know that "this is OK", a fountain of strength to go from to the new possibilities?
Either way, I think you're very wise, to concentrate at things one step at a time. I have to tackle things this way, otherwise I'm completely lost, and all the details together seem overwhelming.
How long between the wedding and the surgery? And I forget - where are you going for your honeymoon?
Topic!Cindy - Jun 01, 2005 1:11:50 am PDT #8350 of 10001
What is even happening?
Are you still here, Nilly? I had to catch up with the thread, and after each of your posts, I'd think you were surely gone, by now.
Nilly - Jun 01, 2005 2:32:08 am PDT #8351 of 10001
Swouncing
Cindy, I wasn't in front of the computer when you posted - I was TAing. I still didn't finish, but in the next hour, I have to.
Tom Scola - Jun 01, 2005 2:44:05 am PDT #8352 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Go, Nilly, go!!
Did you get any sleep at all last night?
Theodosia - Jun 01, 2005 2:47:40 am PDT #8353 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Eeek -- I've also been getting your all-nighter (and now into an all-dayer for you) in compressed FF style, Nilly. Rest-ma to you when you can!
Jon Stewart was back on TV with a new episode of The Daily Show last night, so all is better in my little world....
Pix - Jun 01, 2005 2:53:48 am PDT #8354 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Nilly! Guess what? In a couple of summers, I'm going to be in Israel! The school that just hired me out in LA is a private Jewish high school, and they send any of the their faculty who are interested over to Israel to expand their understanding of Jewish history and culture. It's a ways off, yet, but I'm excited!
billytea - Jun 01, 2005 3:28:37 am PDT #8355 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Kristin! Go you! That's wonderful news.