So yesterday I finished my first grad school class. I thought it would be more climactic or something… not really sure why, but I did.
I realize that I’ll miss my bus rides to and from class and the interesting conversations I overhear. I won’t miss the cold walk, though. It’s freezing here: -2 degrees during the day. And WHY do I live here again?
Dr. Persuasion inspired me with, among other things, her incredible well-read-ness. I know that is not a word. Literate just didn’t seem grand enough. Every morning she had some article or book or interview to share. Sadly, my bus reading this morning consisted of several cooking magazines to find the dessert I’ll make for a Christmas party on Saturday.
Yule Log with Meringue Mushrooms? No thank you, Martha. I think I’ll go with the Chocolate Candy Cane Cake instead.
During undergrad I remember this profound sense of relief after finals and a total rejection of anything academic — at least for a few days. Give me green spritz cookie dough and an oven. Somehow that made the academic sprint I’d just finished seem like a distant memory.
I really have no justified reason to need a “break”, but I’ll embrace the Chocolate Candy Cane Cake anyway. I just finished my first class of graduate school and that calls for a celebration.
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