The fist week of my PhD program is done. This past week has felt like it was one of the longest weeks of my entire life. I spent the majority of it trying to solidify my schedule (in the past 24 hrs alone, it has changed 3 times). Luckily, I was able to waive out of a course I had already taken at Yale which freed me up to take something different and new. I also picked up a rotation working with the man whom I hope will be my dissertation advisor in the future. I will be working with him on submitting a proposal for a grant that will HOPEFULLY be the project from which my dissertation research comes.
Another good part of my week was spent trying to figure out why my textbooks did not get delivered to my apt. Turns out, since the old tenants name is still on the mailbox, the mail carrier was not delivering me any of my mail. This also means my Netflix wasn’t coming either. Sigh.
It is always difficult to move to a new place and to have to make adjustments. The beginning is never easy. I am going though a lot of growing pains right now. I hope, however, that with a lot of patience, and a little time, things will start to sort themselves out. Getting a PhD is a really difficult task. I am lucky though, that I have so much support from all of my family and friends. Even though they are thousands of miles away, I can feel the love, and the caring, and that alone is going to get me through this. Day by day, week by week, month by month, and year by year.
