Out With The Old

I went into work today, to clean out my office and basically finish everything up that I didn't quite get to during the week. This time tomorrow it'll all be over, and I'll be taking a much more backseat role in student politics. It's been a pretty astounding year. I'm not quite ready to be all reflective "I learned so much through the trials and tribulations" yet, though. For now, I just want to breathe deeply, and be glad I've (almost) made it through.

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I'll start my next job Tuesday. I'm just doing it for a month, to fill in time and earn some extra cash before starting med in January. Wow, earning a real wage, as opposed to the below-the-poverty-line-stipend I've been on all year! The money makes me wonder why I'm bothering with more study at all (and apparently gruelling study, at that) when I could just abandon uni forever now and be earning a very substantial wage in a position that is quite enjoyable. My first year out of med school, I will be earning the same money, for more than twice the hours worked. MBF reminds me, though, that ten years after grad that will probably have changed a lot, whereas ten years in office administration isn't going to yield much of a change in salary.

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Had the most fantastic day yesterday! I had a smile on my face all morning just thinking about it. MBF drove us up to Woodford for a pre-festival orientation, and we reunited with more theatre kiddies we know from uni that we didn't realise were going to be at the festival. It's going to be such a fantastic party, with so many of our friends there. Once we'd driven back to the city, we hung out in his pool for a while, which was the perfect remedy for the mugginess hanging over our hometown for the time being. I haven't been swimming in AAAAAGES, so it was very refreshing. We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out, chatting, watching dvd's and just generally relaxing. And I got LOADS of sleep after it all! After the past few weeks of lying awake until 3am or thereabouts, to sleep easily was heavenly! I will never take sleep for granted again. The effect of yesterday has meant that today I feel wellrested and completely content. All in all, a very nice way to be!