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Applied to the PhD!
To celebrate both yesterday’s and today’s good things, I made the very wise decision of having double dessert — a fancy twix tasting yogurt thing, and an oreo petit gateau; both were really good!

now I’m going to drink a mug of this while enjoying a childhood favourite show, with my kitty on my lap and trying to focus on the good things

I’m already pretty tired (excitement does that to me), so this will also probably knock me out, meaning I won’t be stress-checking fogos.pt at crazy hours of the night

here’s to the good things!

very smokey outside, so the intense orange hard candy taste is a necessity; wildfires are still going very strong, especially close-ish to where I live (I believe the closest front of fire is about 20km from my house, or 15km from work)
trying to stay positive as stuff (literally) burns around me and focusing on the application; I’d rather have my (new!!) supervisor by my side when I apply, but sadly he’s stuck at home, as most major roads were cut off to “this side” of the country

soon enough I’ll be a PhD student!!

the linden tea I have at work seemingly is not here, but had it as a celebration — the meeting went well! I’m going to make my application soon !! AAAH!!!!

well, the meeting ought to go well, because there’s been enough “adventures” today to add luck

basically, every time my sister had anything important going on, there was some random “adventure” on the day or night before — on the eve of her first job interview, Teca had to be rushed to the hospital, on the day she went to her postgrad interview there was so much smoke in the air we couldn’t turn on the AC or anything on the car, all of us smelled HEAVILY of smoke; and on her latest interview, it started pouring rain and none of us had umbrellas
all of those interviews ended up going well, so a kind of superstition was created

well, today I accidentally poured out my entire tea thermos when testing the bottle, and the air is so heavy from wildfires the sky is pitch black, all I smell is smoke; so I’ve probably accumulated enough bad luck for the meeting to go well
more news after 3PM!

went for this tonight, as I have a “big deal” meeting tomorrow and need to sleep well
I say it’s a “big deal” because, in fact, it’s supposed to be a casual 5-10 min chat, however, my PhD application is semi resting on it; moreover, I have to ask someone for something?? and a superior, no less??? my (new!!) advisor and all colleagues have calmed me, saying that this kind of request is very normal and not a big deal at all, but I just can’t seem to be, well, normal about any of this

As a side note, there is only one bag left on the box, meaning we’ve made our way through at least three boxes of Calm Head (or, as they say on the Portuguese box, SOS Head, which is infinitely funnier)
Lipton, if you ever start selling tins of this, or bigger boxes, know that my family will be a major client!!

back at work, but a nasty bug is making its rounds; it started with my (new!!) advisor, who we’re calling patient zero; it also got to my other (new!!) advisor, and now to me
but it could also be from my bf, which, in that case, i’d say he owes me flowers

so, here’s me, at 7PM, drinking earl grey to try to stay awake until dinner (and maybe an episode of Lost)

I’m currently trying to get this one out of my cupboard, as it’s the oldest tea I own
I have to say, this is not offensive! I thought it would be peachier, but it feels more like an orange tea
the idea of boiling an orange and drinking its water does not sound pleasant to me, but as it turns out, it’s not too bad! there’s some ginger here as well, which is always a plus for me; sadly, no peach has been tasted (yet)

last steep, so it’s time to mourn this wonderful brew
at the moment I have entirely too much tea in my cupboard, so I’ll probably only be getting this next summer — we all agree green tea matches warm weather, right?
let’s hope my local tea store does not discontinue this in the meantime!
(btw, if any of you come to Aveiro, HOP BY LOJA DO CHÁ!! it’s a café+tea store, and the ‘tea lady’ definitely knows her stuff)

I measured the tea I still have, and after today’s steep, I have 4g left, which luckily is the exact amount I use on the other to-go bottle I have—yay luck!
today and tomorrow are the last days work will be open until mid august, so maybe I’ll be able to take a couple weeks off! yay! I also got in contact with the big boss regarding my PhD; he seems excited and looking forward to working with me, which is WILD! what do you mean a top researcher in my field is looking forward to working with ME! WHAT!!!!

sipping while reviewing a hellish extended abstract, but at least the weather is much cooler now!