Things I Did in 2017

[sebenikela]

For my own future reference, because even though I "didn't get anything done" I actually did a lot of stuff.



January:

• Started driving people to immigration appointments
• Had a physical
• Went to a funeral

February:

• Yelled at my congresswoman during an event. Yes literally.
• Went to Lesbians Who Tech thanks to a) a scholarship from them b) a $150 round trip ticket ORD-SFO and c) a friend’s recommendation/“you gotta come”/couch to sleep on
• Started with first USA therapist

March:

• Celebrated turning 34 by driving to Toronto
• Did not stab my aunt even though she was here for a whole week and I really wanted to

April:

• Started looking for a new therapist when mine moved and I didn’t like her that much
• Took my mom to have outpatient foot surgery
• Did some work for my MSc advisor

May:

• went to an immigrant rights thing for May Day
• went to another funeral
• submitted revisions on my 2nd chapter/paper
• started getting paid for part-time consulting work

June:

• Started with new therapist (who is great)
• Fixed some stuff for mom and took a truckload of old cabinets to the ReStore

July:

• Sucked.
• I bruised my tailbone which both hurt a lot and was triggering as fuck.

August:

• Went to Mayo clinic with mom
• Saw the eclipse (!) in Kentucky with Chase and his friends who were great

September:

• Got actual work done on my thesis for the first time since early July.
• Put up an arch in the back yard and poured a concrete base for a metal sculpture in the front yard (with Mom’s help)
• Started helping coordinate the transportation drivers group for immigration appointments and such

October:

• Drove to Toronto again and went camping for the first time since 2012 with the asshole ex boyfriend. I was very anxious, but I survived. Lora helped a lot.
• Saw Against Me! (while I was in Toronto)

November:

• Had a hormonal IUD installed. (I’m thinking this was a good call: the first month I spotted a lot and had a lot of headaches but this month I have not bled at all!)
• Started applying to 2 postdoc jobs, had Skype interviews
• Broke and then fixed my laptop, those 3 days of panic sure were fun

December:

• Scheduled in-person interview for one potential job, finished applying to the other
• Went to Toronto again (asked my parents to pay for the plane ticket as trade for taking mom to Mayo twice, they said yes)
• Went to Kansas for Family Christmas Extravaganza, did not stab anyone even on the 27th time I got asked how my thesis was coming.
• Survived 2017