Posted by alexandra_k on November 11, 2013, at 0:21:51
In reply to Re: 3 sleeps to go!, posted by alexandra_k on November 8, 2013, at 2:27:26
I have this faint memory that is episodic. Flashes. More of a feeling, really. Being in the back of the car... Driving round the campus... Through the city... I can't have been older than, like, 7. Seeing the tower blocks and this faint feeling... Longing... That maybe I'd grow up one day to be in one of those tower blocks. Faint memory of the general library, too. Thinking medicine even then.
I have a few memories like that. Ones of swans made out of black tires floating on some lake down the south island... This and that about witchy-poo from puffinstuff... Weird things... But I definatly had one of here. And now... I feel like I need to pinch myself to wake myself up.
It is a bit like when I arrived in Aussie to start my PhD. Arriving at the hall... Knowing it was going to be my home for the next 3 years (or so). Realising... The same thing here.
I'm on the 13th floor. Fortunately I'm not superstitious. There are a row of 4 windows all along the end starting from about waist height. The building is sort of oddly shaped... My room is a little like a pie segment. So I have... A panorama of the harbour. Sky tower and everything. Vector arena. The wind really whistles up here. The traffic is a constant vibration / hum. Can't hear horns or anything but it is loud. Maybe from the harbour, too. Can watch cruise ships coming and going.
How did I get from there to here? What did I do / how do I deserve it? I feel... Baffled, again. Brand new flatscreen with concert radio and radio national... Brand new (midget) microwave... Desk that can be used as a standing work station... Moving early December (meant to be to a slightly better option - bigger, with a cook top)... I think there are pros and cons of the different aspects / options...
I just feel I'm dreaming... I feel so lucky. So happy.
I have to finish my thesis. It is the only thing.
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