A month later

So almost a month after my last post, a lot has changed. I've started school full time. Now my schedule is not my own, but my professors'. Everything revolves around due dates, papers, group projects, and the shadow of the thesis. Just like undergrad, except I have a family household to run now. There's bills to pay, appointments, service calls, oil changes, dinners, grocery shopping, quality time with a husband, quality time with a daughter, etc.

I am slowly falling into a routine of doing it all. Because in the end, you just get up and do what you have to do, whether you are single or married with 7 kids.

I guess I've gotten spoiled. After engineering, I was so burnt out I needed a rest. And I got one, an 8 year rest. Now it's time to go back in and show everyone my neurons are still firing. I was surprised to find out they are still firing!! I'm understanding the material, I'm even understanding the undertones of the material, but I'm still trying to figure the people out.

I think I have a thesis topic, it will have something to do with infectious disease I think. Not anywhere near my area of expertise, but that will just make it interesting I guess. I just keep thinking, it's only for a year. I can sacrifice a bit of time and sleep for a year. After a year I'll have my master's and I'll move on.

I got my first paper back, I got a 94%. Not bad. There was still that twinge of "why didn't I get 100%?" but I'm trying to squash that voice. I am going to learn to accept it and move on.