Who knew that I would be almost 32 and unmarried and without children? If you had asked me 10 years, I certainly would not have thought so?! CF posted on the FB that I got credit for the flowers he sent (with our names on them) to his Mom for her birthday. (For the record, I emailed her on her birthday, and she said thank you then. He did not email or call her on her birthday, and it is not like she specifically thought to email me about the flowers.) One of his friends commented that there are three rings in any marriage: the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and then suffer ring. (Get it? Suffering...suffer ring...) Anyway, I am getting antsy.
That said, I think a lot about how being an academic and a mom will work out for me. Academics will argue that any given stage of an academic life is 'The Best' for any given reason they have at that time. I find that most commonly, the post-doc years are hailed as the most ideal though. It is getting a little late for that for me...
[For anyone who needs/wants clarification about what a post-doc position is, I usually explain it as having a similar purpose as a medical doctor's residency. (Plus this helps perpetuate the "I'm a doctor", Ross Geller style.) While being a post-doc, I am supposed to gain training in areas in which I need more training (grant writing, paper writing, designing experiments, mentoring students, etc.). People who look fondly upon their post-doc years say that they loved it because They could do all the fun experiments without being responsible for a while lab.]
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