Reality check - summer '10

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Umm... sorry about being lazy, hehehe. It appears as if I haven't written something for months now. Well, what matters is that I am writing now! Kudos to Konkish <3

So what have I done so far then? There is too much to mention but well, simply put, I didn't get everything I wanted, but at the same time I got a lot of things I never expected. For example, I didn't come into Karolinska Sommarforskarskola, but instead I got a place at Stockholm University starting tomorrow until August! Konkordia and my thesis: "Does the chromatin remodeling protein complex B-WICH alter not only the chromatin structure but also the DNA-methylation pattern on the promoter"... I think anyway. I had to translate from Swedish. Other than that, nothing special I guess except... ehh I got a new haircut? Long hair no more! xD

Anyway, so far all is going well. The only way is up, right? However, every now and then one should look down, seeing all the small adventures one has encountered along the way. Right now, my evening entertainment you might ask? Well, it's nothing other than our dance during the YFL Congress in Slovenia 2008... We really could do just about anything back in the days!

How about now then? Currently, I will be turning 17 on the 17th, in three days. Then I will be in Tallinn, Estonia, my 24th visited country. Why? Well, new place on my birthday, why not? Also, I won't be able to have any vacation from today since my lab will start so, weekend trips are the way to go for me this summer. Nevertheless, they are all worthwhile.

Looking back, I am proud to say that I will be entering my 17th year feeling that I have achieved more than enough being a 17-year-old. I'm not sure if I can be any happier, any luckier or any more blessed, to have these memories engraved into my brain. A loving family, an amazing of bunch friends giving me an unending source of happiness. What more can a 17-year-old-to-be ask for?