I miss L. I want to move to Germany. They will offer me subsidized German classes, which I'd rather take instead of writing or revising PhD statements. Sequestering myself in random places to read has begun to take its toll and I feel disconnected with the community here (not sure I have ever been 100% connected?). My immediate colleagues and friends have been supportive by letting me sit in their office(s) and work instead of having to spend hours in libraries and cafes. This helps a bit, although it doesn't make me want to write my statements any faster. Why bother when I still have no funding?
Maybe I should have followed the recommendation of the aptitude test I took in tenth grade and studied to be an interpreter/translator.
Sigh.
P.S. On a brighter note, I bought my colleague and his wife some stuff on Amazon for the baby that's arriving on Wednesday-ish. It's from their registry so hopefully they'll like it. What did people do before registries could be put on the internet--seriously?
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You know my position: you should totally move to Germany. I bet you'd still be able to finish the degree, and you'd be a lot happier doing it. And, sadly, I think most of us are pretty out of touch with our cohort at this point...the inevitable grad school entropy setting in after four years.
ReplyDeleteI vote for you moving to Germany, too. You can write your dissertation there. It sounds like you need to be with you partner; your cohort can settle with being with you in text.
ReplyDeleteWell, first I need to get money to get research materials in order to write a friggin' dissertation. Or I change my topic. I was advised against doing that by your adviser.
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