This morning at 6am, I typed the finishing word of my thesis proposal and sent it to my advisor via email. I then went to sleep, with no alarms set, phone on silent, and no thoughts except “I wonder when I will wake up?” I finally got up around 2pm, checked my email, and noticed that my advisor had already gotten back to me about my proposal. He had one change he wanted to make (instead of three signficant figures on a set of data, he suggested we use only 2), and with that, my thesis proposal written document was done, and I got the green light to send it to the rest of my committee.

I then went off and sat in the sun on some grass next to the river and daydreamed for several hours. I watched crew teams cruise by (I’ve always been mesmerized by the methodical clunk, oomph of feathered oars gliding across the water). I saw a little toddler run around, barely able to stay upright. There were plenty of students out there studying and couples whispering sweet nothings into each others’ ears. I saw plenty of bikers whiz by, motivating me to want to get on my bike (I made a phone call to my biking buddy, but he was stuck in lab, what a shame).

It was such a gorgeous day to be free and to be out by the river. It was nothing like what you would expect for almost mid-October. I was sitting outside with shorts and a tshirt, and at times I even got kinda sweaty. I wish this weather would last forever, along with this freedom.

Tomorrow, I’m going to buckle down and start making slides for my presentation. Today was my one day of freedom.