A new year with new chances

This is one  of the most new-yearish new years I've experienced. Defending the thesis and having that DONE, is (albeit still unreal) quite the change in my life. So, this is a year I have great hopes for! And here are a few of the things I'd like to do, as soon as I come home to Toronto:

• Visit the library and read LOADS of books. 
• Put up a shelf for the microwave oven :) 
• Paint a painting of Groot genoeg. And of birds. And of anything really. 
• Make a photo album of the past year (uhm, and the years before that, all the way back to 2004... But one step at a time, I guess....)
• Search for jobs
• Make awesome food... 
• Spend lots of time with the Hobbit-birdies Merry & Pippin (I haven't seen them for soon a month...)
• Start crocheting! I have crazy plans of making a bedspread. But again, should probably start with smaller steps. 
• Just exist, with all what that entails - have a little bit of a social life again, and lots of communication with family

And until then, while in Sweden - enjoy life to the fullest! Which is, of course, with my wonderful family members.

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A little bit more than a week later (when I actually post this post), I've returned to Toronto. The first day after my return, we went to the library and I got a library card, and happily discovered that the Canadian library system (well, at least the one in Toronto) is exactly as awesome as the one in Sweden. I borrowed a few books and started reading one. And then it hit. Post-thesis stress or something of that kind. The symptoms are as unpleasant as the symptoms of the week before the defence (i.e. major stress). But then I could at least work (and work I did, seemingly neverendingly, and it did pay off, since everything I worked on was covered during the defence questions), and now it's hard to do anything at all. Apparently this is fairly normal, and so I hope a bit of vacation will cure it. But it is annoying - finally this time has arrived, which I've longed for for so many years, and I can't even appreciate it.

Today was however another special day - my thesis was officially approved by the university, and can be found here. I wonder if that is going to make me believe it's real? I think I'm going to celebrate by watching a bunch of Stargate episodes.