Wednesday, 29-October-2025

The day is finally here.

11 months of work. A few thousand hours of effort. Probably around 3,000, give or take.

Lots of frustration. Friendships made, friendships strained.

A crush. A relationship. A love. Built and developed, one moment at a time, step by step.

Top marks earned. One reading, one paper, one exam and one presentation at a time. One by one, studying and learning and focusing and breaking and cracking under the pressure. Rebuilding myself, only to break again… and then to be helped up, to stagger forward a bit more.

All for this. A parchment, handed to me, just one person in an endless stream of faceless celebrants.

Success and completion, at least for a moment, before we were sent on to the next challenge.