Holiday to an end

Well, to be honest it ended two weeks ago, but I've been too busy (and too lazy of course) to post. Although I can't really complain, because writing this thesis feels like a semi-holiday. 1) I can make my own hours (so I take a bus later), 2) I'm situated at the medical library, so no-one is looking over my shoulder making sure I work every minute of the day, and 3) one of my best friends is writing her bachelor thesis at the same time, so we motivate and distract each other at the same time. And she makes for an excellent lunch conversation. There is (of course) only one downside to this thesis: the subject, which is HLA-DP and T-cell education in the thymus, is apparently quite unknown to the world. Or at least until now, no-one found it interesting enough to write much about it or do any proper research. So I'm really scraping the barrel for some good articles. Although I've got a lot on paper, much is about HLA class II in general, and not about HLA-DP specific. Which is of course the reason why my supervisor wanted me to write his thesis/review in the first place, but I feel I could have done more in two weeks, if only there were more articles. I'm planning to email my progress to him tomorrow, so we'll just have to wait and see. Luckily, my dearest friend promised me a trip to Primark to cheer me up, so if all goes downhill from here I've got something to look forward to. And after this week I'll be starting courses anyway, so I'll be gone for the next 6 weeks. Not my idea of a good planning, but that’s the master administration for you, everything at the same time.

So if you are still celebrating your holiday: I’m jealous! And if you just started work or school: I feel your pain!

With love


p.s. I celebrated my birthday this August! Happy me, I turned 22! :D