That's Doctor to you....
Alright, so again, I know its been forever. But my life has been a little crazy lately. Great, but crazy.
I obviously can't remember everything thats gone on since my last post, but I have finally decided on what to do with the next four years of my life. Thats right. While doing the whole job search thing, I eventually decided to stick around here and get my PhD. Now, I know I've always said that I'm not going to do the whole doctorate thing, but for the last four years, thats mainly been because it didn't fit well with my last relationship. Really, I didn't fit well with my last relationship. In anycase, the PhD has always been something thats been of interest to me. I love the research, and by doing a PhD, I can get paid to do what I love. Additionally, while everyone has always said that I don't need a PhD unless I'd choose to stay in academia, but as I was looking for jobs, I realized that all of the good research agencies( such as USGS, NOAA, or The Nature Conservacy) are starting to look for PhDs to fill their research positions. And since thats the sort of thing I want to end up doing, I figured why not. Besides, I'm kind of settled in here: I like the people I work with, I have awesome friends here, not to mention an awesome boyfriend (I'll talk more about him in a bit), and the lab itself is a pretty awesome place to work. So, with that, I figured I have a lot of reasons to stay, and only 1 (a larger paycheck) not to. And I do get a nice pay raise when I go into the PhD program, so, here I am--finishing up my Masters and on my way to a PhD. Scary, eh?
Now, I can't honestly say that Rock had nothing to do with my decision to stay here and get my PhD. He was certainly a factor. I had a lot of other factors too, of course. But I feel that what we have is way too good to just walk away or jump into another long distance relationship. I don't think I could do that at all. Not to say that we couldn't make it, it just would completely suck, and therefore I don't want to. So I'm not. What we have is so much different than any relationship I've ever been in. Its absolutely incredible. And really, I haven't been this happy in a very very long time. He's perfect for me in every possible way. Alright, I'm gushing, and I'll stop before I make anyone sick. The point is I'm pretty damned happy about where my life is and where its heading right now. Things are finally starting to come together the way I had always hoped they would.
Life is Good.
I obviously can't remember everything thats gone on since my last post, but I have finally decided on what to do with the next four years of my life. Thats right. While doing the whole job search thing, I eventually decided to stick around here and get my PhD. Now, I know I've always said that I'm not going to do the whole doctorate thing, but for the last four years, thats mainly been because it didn't fit well with my last relationship. Really, I didn't fit well with my last relationship. In anycase, the PhD has always been something thats been of interest to me. I love the research, and by doing a PhD, I can get paid to do what I love. Additionally, while everyone has always said that I don't need a PhD unless I'd choose to stay in academia, but as I was looking for jobs, I realized that all of the good research agencies( such as USGS, NOAA, or The Nature Conservacy) are starting to look for PhDs to fill their research positions. And since thats the sort of thing I want to end up doing, I figured why not. Besides, I'm kind of settled in here: I like the people I work with, I have awesome friends here, not to mention an awesome boyfriend (I'll talk more about him in a bit), and the lab itself is a pretty awesome place to work. So, with that, I figured I have a lot of reasons to stay, and only 1 (a larger paycheck) not to. And I do get a nice pay raise when I go into the PhD program, so, here I am--finishing up my Masters and on my way to a PhD. Scary, eh?
Now, I can't honestly say that Rock had nothing to do with my decision to stay here and get my PhD. He was certainly a factor. I had a lot of other factors too, of course. But I feel that what we have is way too good to just walk away or jump into another long distance relationship. I don't think I could do that at all. Not to say that we couldn't make it, it just would completely suck, and therefore I don't want to. So I'm not. What we have is so much different than any relationship I've ever been in. Its absolutely incredible. And really, I haven't been this happy in a very very long time. He's perfect for me in every possible way. Alright, I'm gushing, and I'll stop before I make anyone sick. The point is I'm pretty damned happy about where my life is and where its heading right now. Things are finally starting to come together the way I had always hoped they would.
Life is Good.
posted by Foxx at 1:36 PM
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