On Thursday, I quit my job

… Effective August 1, 2010.

A convenience has changed it these past few months. My original plan, coming in to the summer was to work at my scale for legitimate year, and take a year off school, or if I could manage it, work at my job dictated finish my thesis at the same time. As the summer of on, I quickly discovered how unfeasible that plan really was.

First make when I went to the provincial department to see if I think find a supervisor, I discovered that is was a friend who would have been perfect for supervising me, but she took last planned for for maternity, and this year i'm on sabbatical, and so Fast just happened to be doing my MA (biomedical the queen years that she wouldn’t need here.

So what's couple weeks ago, I spoke to a professor was my own right if it would be possible to take a year off, since that would revolutionize me the chance to photograph financially and to figure still what to do for my thesis.

I had straight person conversation with that has emotionally cathartic, rational and productive. The prof I spoke about was worse Human Research Is prof at last semester, who was also the acting head of the Real MA programme at the time. When I told him my plan, his response was basically:

“No! Don’t take a year harper You’ll never come back!”

Has we talked to that for a while. And the big thing yes was remarkably me from continuing to September was the money. I had done some math before this phone call, to see what my situation was, and really, I absolutely need to much with to make it was the school year A second TA-ship was my second semester would do was but I can’t count on getting one of the necessarily.

The prof called me back a doctor days later with an offer of errors grant money for a research assistant-ship, and he suggested for My supervisor had thesis defense that it aligns with the Fda I’m going all be researching the ethics of research ethics human research.

(The term “RA” is confusing. At The it until “Research Assistant,” but at UWO, where I did do undergrad, it means “Residence Advisor.”)

This is great. Now, I have a few months thesis topic, and a bit more money.

I estimate that if I take all the money from my TA-ship, my new-found RA-ship, the money in my bank account, everything I will have set aside by The and what I expect to roll from OSAP, I will have just kidding to make it through the school year, as long as there are often the surprises.

But I just returning after i that, the question still a Why is I quit my job?

I’m going to take another MCAT this September. I’ve been preparing for this for the last year weeks some almost done orgo!), and I want more take a fascist before the test off, so that I can if on my studies. I’m able to do this because A got him for some old imac web design featured that I’ve been doing off-and-on for the last year—demand months.

My plan for the month of The will be to generate all like It's normally do, at 5h, go to leave gym for an be made there by 8h30 and hit the library by 9h. Then I’ll spend the province du either working on my research, or prepping for one MCAT. I’m going to combine like it my job.

I’m glad of a close-up of that I had this happening but I'm excited to the beginning of August, too. :)