Last night in bed we were talking about my graduation this afternoon. Jonny asked me whether I was nervous already. I wasn't. I am starting to get nervous now though.... And at the same time looking forward to when my MA will be finally out of the way. As Jonny referred to it: when the albatross around your neck is gone.
Literally, an albatross is a large sea bird. The phrase alludes to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” in which a sailor who shoots a friendly albatross is forced to wear its carcass around his neck as punishment.
I wasn't familiar with the expression, but I didn't regard my course as a punishment. Most of the time I quite enjoyed it. It will be nice to have real free time though, not having to worry about an unfinished paper, a last assignment, a never-ending thesis. It will give us time for our other project: the baby-making one. More on that later.
And then tonight we are off to see my parents in law. For now, have fun with the pictures of our week away here!
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