a bonus of becoming a doctor is that people sometimes give you nice flowers

seriously wondering how long it will take for me to fully feel like my PhD is over (still in a state of slight disbelief)

just submitted my thesis with final edits to the university portal, starting to feel real now 😯

defended my thesis today 🥹📚

no one asked but I reorganized my gaming setup today 😌

having covid while preparing for my thesis defence has been...something

if you want to bully an academic today, ask them how their plan to tackle some back-burner writing projects went this summer

Guy In Philosophy Class Needs To Shut The Fuck Up https://theonion.com/guy-in-philosophy-class-needs-to-shut-the-fuck-up-1819568055/

good monday: went on a long bike ride and cleared out my inbox 🥸

saw weapons (2025) yesteday

one of the coolest puzzles i’ve ever done

just signed the publishing agreement for an article of mine that is coming out soon 🥹

having an ideal summer day (rode my bike, went swimming, walked around a farmers market, gonna go lie in the hammock soon)

thesis defence is officially scheduled 🤩🫣😧🤪😵‍💫😓

new lord huron album is so good, have to shed a single tear every time I listen

the whole "put on your workout clothes way before you workout to get in the right headspace" is very funny when you are a swimmer because I am responding to emails in my sporty one-piece and shorts

just sent a final draft of my thesis to my department 😎

birthdayyyy 🦋🪩💘💫

the vibe from my couch

:-)

just finished a puzzle with the most amazing pieces

listening to mercurial world by magdalena bay (a no-skip and perfectly looping album) until I finish my R&R 🙏

watching a reality show and a girl just drank a smoothie and said “mmm, it’s like baby food!”

!!!!!!!

at the point of thesis editing where "chapter" no longer looks like a word

happy monday: my husband took a video of me doing thesis revisions where I am typing so loudly that it sounds like I am attacking my keyboard

keep me in ur thoughts and prayers (applying comments to a full draft of my thesis and copyediting notes from a journal all within the same two-week period to meet both deadlines)

my new gaming mic unfortunately makes me look like a podcast bro

at the age where my summer wish-list is shockingly the same as it was when I was twelve: get a new bike, swim as much as possible, do lots of crafts

this is officially the hardest puzzle I have ever completed

someone replied all to EVERY GRAD STUDENT at my university by accident, so I just opened my inbox to find a 137-long thread of messages (half "I think you emailed the wrong person," and half "please stop replying all everyone")

currently receiving comments on a full draft of my thesis which is definitely making the whole "I defend in two and a half months" thing feel very real

outfits this week proving that a jellycat keychain is ur most important accessory 🧸

at the kendrick and sza show and someone behind me is barking whenever sza comes on stage

magdalena bay having a fortnite emote was not on my 2025 bingo card

huge quality of life improvement incoming (I just discovered our wifi is strong enough to reach the hammock in the yard under a big shady tree)

my love language is watching a good movie and then texting all my friends “have u seen this”

just went swimming for the first time in so long and it solved all of my short-term problems 👍

the only thing keeping me from totally spiralling about the amount of wildfire smoke in the air is matching my mask to my outfit

doing therapy here would hit

did I buy myself popsicle molds that are technically for babies so I could make vegan creamsicles in them? yes? are they awesome? also yes

i’m crying

in-laws adopted two kittens 🥹

season two episode one of the real housewives of salt lake city might be the craziest cold open I have ever seen

today is the last day of my contract as an educational development fellow at our teaching and learning center 🥲💔

pin combo on my jean jacket today, if u even care

🦋🌼🩵🌝

last night was a movie

The night the stars fell

I am suffering