I must apologize for my loooooong absence from this blog. I got caught up in just a little thing called trying to graduate, along with finding an apartment, and as always, writing my master’s project. And now, we’re just eleven days from presentation day. I get chills of joy just thinking about it.
At this point, it looks like the master’s project will end up being a total of 45 pages, which really isn’t that much, but when you’re writing the majority of that from scratch off your own research…well let’s just say it’s a process. But I have learned a ton through that process. My advisors have been fantastic (and also very patient with me) and when this is all said and done I’ll be very happy with my final product.
Classes are nearly over, with just a final group project and a take-home final left for me to complete. But now that graduation is so close, I start to feel paranoid and look at extreme possibilities of how I might not graduate (although they are unlikely). Like I’ve been telling my friends and family, I’ll relax when my name is on the diploma, and when my name is on this lease to this apartment in Madison (boy I forgot what a process that can be).
Speaking of which, I was in Madison about a week ago to look at some places and meet with my future supervisors. Turns out that I will be working with the Wisconsin Medicaid population as well as the state’s division of public health. I’m very excited for this opportunity and really can’t wait to get started. What a concept, coming home after work that I enjoy and not having to worry about homework and papers.
Well, as a friend recently told me, you have to sprint to the finish line. It’s in sight, but until my name is on the paper, ‘none shall sleep.’
See you around the blog.