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One of the other new students on a PhD degree is from the Pacific Northwest. Honestly, she's from Tacoma, but she says 'I'm from the Pacific Northwest' instead. Every time she says it I have to try really very hard to not laugh. And I did not ask her on day one 'You're not from Forks, are you?' so at least I'm not that far gone. But I might have thought about it...briefly. Yeah, I think it's a hell of a lot funnier than it is. But I haven't slept enough in two weeks and my head is pounding right now. So give me a break. But it's a little bit funny, right?

Her name is Kirstin and I just about called her Kristen yesterday.

Okay, so maybe I am that far gone.

The Adventure Continues

[October 11, 2010]

Dear Self,

You're in the middle of writing your PhD proposal. Good for you. I commend you on grabbing life by the horns. I know the next few weeks are going to be really very stressful, but that's okay. You'll get through it.

But in twelve months from today you are going to have a meeting with your supervisor. It's going to be awesome, I want to make sure you understand that. But he's going to tell you that you have to research and write him a 4000 word paper in 3 weeks. You are going to spend the next hour having a panic attack, because you will have forgotten that you spend 7 years doing exactly that.

On that note, I am sending this to you for your sanity's sake. DON'T PANIC. It will be okay. You wrote 4000 word essays every month in university. It will be alright.

Thanks,
Your older self

::sends through time wormhole::

...nope, that didn't work.