End of Masters

Granted that I’m an energetic person but I didn’t know just how much until this February when I stayed up two nights and two days in a row working on my dissertation, didn’t eat anything the previous night, printed and submitted my work the next day (my twin babies!), danced in a Flashmob for charity, sorted a huge pile of laundry, and still have energy left for some retail therapy alone at City Centre. The hand-in of my Masters course’s final piece of work which I’ve been brooding on for the past few months left me feeling somewhat hollow; I felt free yes, but exchanging those two beautifully bounded copies for a piece of paper (which was my receipt) left me a bit undignified!

That was last month. And now, I am so very happy to admit that results were out last week and by His grace I got a really good one - a Distinction in a Masters course! Praise be to God who blesses me always more than I deserve. I remember the time I was collecting data through my survey and how I had to rope in literally everyone I know around the globe; I did so much networking I felt like I was connecting almost the whole world! I will be forever grateful to all who helped.

On the down side, I have to start looking for a job now which evidently is very hard to get these days with the Euro crisis affecting the job market across Europe. Then again, I have Him and I’ll keep praying.

I know people say this all the time but it really seemed just like yesterday when I first walked into the classroom last year, head full of questions about whether I'm going to like it here or if I'll ever make lifetime friends. Now I know. I did meet so many wonderful people and made such good friends, and I actually do like it here which is going to make it harder for me to leave when I will have to move on. But yes, we all have to close chapters in order to open new ones and frankly, no matter how much I'll miss this place called Sheffield, I can't wait to start a new one.