Posted by llurpsienoodle on February 3, 2008, at 6:52:03
In reply to Re: Learning who your friends are and are not » Dinah, posted by Happyflower on February 3, 2008, at 6:06:50
College was fun, I guess. I was playing violin about 20 hours a week and taking a premed courseload with labs and things, and working at the same time because my parents stopped supporting me when I turned 18.
I admire parents who actually think enough about their kids' future to put a little aside for their education. That is really really commendable :)
But grad school was hell. the first 3 years I had to support me and h on a 15k stipend, so of course we had to work and we barely saw each other.
As an adult, I feel a lot more freedom. There is more disposable income, which means that I can actually afford to go to a restaurant now and then. I can afford to travel, which is one of my life dreams (and certainly something to do before having kids). My h and I live off of a modest but comfy income. at the end of the day, though, it is not about money, it's about time. I am blessed with time. Too much time, in fact. But I know from working at the coffeeshop that my mind and body are not ready for full-time employment. I wouldn't mind it, but I just am not able to do that right now along with my post-doc training program. (speaking of which I have HW to do, yikes)
I don't want to set up some sort of heirarchy of suffering, I just wanted to say that I am very optimistic about the future. Some days that's all I can be optimistic about. Even my quilting project has gotten me down these last few days (grrrr I hate binding a quilt. it's torture!)
and I think I have time to repolish my nails before work begins!
-Ll
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