Stop the time

Lately things have changed. They turned for 180 degrees and time started to fly. I barely follow which day it is and probably only know the date because I need to label the samples in the lab.

If, until now, I have not been sure if I want to stay in Switzerland, I now decided I will. At least until the end of my PhD. Or better said: until the end of my PhD. :) I have had long conversation at work with all my supervisors whether to stay or to go. And after talking to all three of them for one hour, changing my project quite a bit, changing my working bench to another lab and actually having much more communication with people that are working on the same topic, things look much nicer. I am sure I can make my project work and this is the major reason why time flies so fast recently. I want to have purified protein by the time I go for holidays (my supervisor wants plates with set up protein for crystallization) and this means I am also working on weekends so that I am not wasting any time. Because I have not had any real holidays this year and I have problems sleeping, I am tired all the time. I have problems getting up in the morning and at the moment life really does not exist before the first coffee. And then continues with second and third ... I am really looking forward to go for holidays. Even though that I know I might be even more tired after I come back to Switzerland. :P

And the rest of my life? I still miss some people that have left in the last month. I still miss old conversations and I am worrying I might bother people too much with trying to talk to them. On the other hand, I am trying to let things go. Live some time to pass. I know things will change and you never know what time has to offer. On the other hand I am trying to connect more with people that are here. To get a bit more involved with IAESTE in Zurich, I went to the cinema with some of my coworkers and we are trying to organize bowling for all PhD students in our department. I started to go to the gym again and it is time to plan the trip and finalise the general plan. And the time flies. You come home, eat dinner and it is 11 already and time to go to sleep. Let's stop the time. Just for a little while, so we can enjoy the moment.