A week gone by

God, my first week in Oxford! I made it, with some ups and downs. If I didn't know any better, I'd say I was bipolar... I've never felt so sad and alone, followed by happy and hopeful in such a short time period. It's days like that when you don't really feel good about yourself, that your friends and family matter the most. I'm so glad there is Skype these days! I've been calling/chatting/whatsapping/Skyping with my friends and family almost everyday since I started last Monday. Especially the first few days were bad (they make such insane long hours here!), but now I'm slowly feeling I'm starting to fit in with the group. With an all girl group, you never know. Girls can be mean as hell, but thank God this group seems willing to accept me. Maybe it had something to do with the stroopwafels (Dutch waffels) I brought in today... Win them over with sugar! The lab work hasn't really started yet, I'm just learning some new cell culture techniques. And for some reason, the cell lines I took out yesterday were all dead this morning. Luckily, the lab technician didn't understand why it happened either (we checked everything), so it wasn't completely my fault! 

With love,

Willemijn

p.s. Submitted the application for my PhD yesterday! Fingers crossed!