A month later, and I'm starting to feel like I might be getting back to working like I was pre-wedding. It's really disappointing that it's taken me this long to reset my work-related mental space, but I suppose it was a good time to do it. PI Michael has returned from his vacation, and the time to slack is at an end.
Not that I have been slacking, I just am not as focused on all the work I have to do as I would like to be. Talk about weird.
Relationship-wise, being married is exactly like living together before planning a wedding was with (a) a nicer apartment, (b) nicer stuff, and (c) generally a lot more relaxed atmosphere. We don't need to look for an apartment. We don't need to decide whether we're getting married. We don't need to plan a wedding. I don't need to take classes, or TA, or worry about quals.
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mtolan doesn't need to find a new job, or be miserable because his job is boring. We can just
be, and that certainly helps to remind one why we thought this "being together" thing was a good idea. We actually
like each other!
In fact, there is so much time in my evenings right now I actually
cooked dinner for us last night! And then I sat and reread the first 8 chapters of my novel. There's decent stuff in there! I'd forgotten.
That's not to say there's no stress in my life. Just that compared to the last year, there's free space in my brain to stop, take a deep breath, and appreciate what I have.
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