Appreciation...

Alright so last night I was not in the greatest of shape. Everything was coming at me full speed and although normally I'm good at dodging - last night I was not in the zone! I wanted to go to bed at 7 because I was ready for the day to end. Guilt ridden I pushed on and forced my way through my work load (not successfully completing everything, but oh well) and settled into bed at quarter to 1 in the morning and read till I fell asleep.

In the morning I awoke fearing my meeting and not feeling the greatest. I ended up prepping some more work in the morning before my meeting and ventured in convinced things weren't going to go well (bad idea to do this - not recommended lol). The meeting in the end turned out well in the end.

What comes into play appreciation wise... my advisor.. I have appreciation for this woman! She's been great. After we were done the meeting, I stuck around as we were talking about other things (which by the way she is open minded and accepting!- I like this). In the midst of our conversation I mentioned that I think I'm at my max academic wise for the time being (3 research projects, classes and ta-ing will do that...at least for me). She was really understanding of it and stated that Life happens and sometimes we need to slow down. She knows I'm where I want to be and that I have wanted this for a long time so it's nice that if I need sometime or to slow things down I can.

In the end I'm glad I picked this advisor and this area of research.

I feel like I'm exactly where I'm meant to be.