This afternoon I received the liberating e-mail that meant a whole lot to me: The final verdict: an 8.7 for my MA thesis! I know how much I've worked during the past two years, I know the amount of blood, sweat and tears that have been shed... I alone. I think I've actually deserved the recognition I've been fighting for for years. In the past, there were these people who claimed that I'd never get anywhere in life. And look now, Debz graduates Cum Laude! However, I couldn't have done it without some people from Leiden University. I won't name them, but... you know who you are (if you should ever read this post...)
I dedicated this thesis to my grandma, the one I wrote about in this post (among others). She definitely deserved it! She's such a sweetie, still in the hospital, but never complaining, always optimistic... Incredible! I want to be like her when - and if! - I get old...
So this means the end of an era, and although I'm relieved I'll finally get that diploma, it also makes me kind of sad. I don't want to belong to that category of full-grown adults that have a job from 9 till 5. I really loved to belong to that category of students, because it's nice to be busy all day long, and not only between 9 and 5. I'm actually having quite a hard time already to fill up my days with useful activities. Well, as for now, I have at least one task every day because my mom's undergone neurosurgery and she's not able to do it. Someone has to do the housekeeping, so this one over here was quite an easy volunteer. I'm happy I'm able to help my mom, because usually she's the one doing all kinds of things for me: cooking, washing-up, ironing... Now I can finally do something back for her. Or how your world can be turned upside-down from one day to the next...
So I've been thinking... What the heck can I do to turn a regular day into something that turns out to be productive? Until now, I've read a lot, because - let's just face it - after all those years of studying (9 years at University, let alone all that came before that time) I'd really deserved some kind of holiday. Luckily the weather here in Belgium is pretty good, so I could enjoy the sun in our garden while reading the third book of the Beautiful creatures quadrilogy - which is pretty exciting in my humble opinion.
So, just for the record, I'm not a student anymore. Quite the contrary. Soon I'll belong to that category of people that have a job and are even more busy than a student. I'll be suffering from stress, chronical fatigue and lack of free time. I'll be wondering why for God's sake I've finished my studies and why I didn't travel around the world before I accepted the job. That is, when I have a job. However, as I mentioned before, Debz won't ignore the health of her mind. No, she'll be studying a little bit on a daily basis. There's still a lot of improvement possible when it comes to Brazilian Portuguese and French, and I've been thinking about picking up Japanese...
We'll see what happens next. Let's find a well-paid, steady job first. That's my main priortiy at the moment. So keep your fingers crossed, people! :)
