happy news, for once
Mar. 7th, 2025 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marta_beeThe Kid got offered funding at not one but two MSc programs: at University College-London and University of Edinburgh. According to her Edinburgh is the better match with her research interests, but I think that mainly means one of her current profs knows someone there he's connected her with. I'd choose London just for the chance to live in a bigger city and network with more people, and she's promised to email with the UC-London profs and discuss it with her current professor. But there really is no bad choice here. Her mum's also landed a job, though in Skopje (it's where her mum was born, and she still has family there). Them living so far apart will be a big change. But it's good opportunities for both of them.
I'll admit, I'm upset they're moving so far away, and mostly why they have to. But an airplane flight to London or even Edinburgh isn't that much harder than to Boston. We'll make it work. Mostly I'm trying to be excited for her, and proud, and not think about the rest. The pride comes easy. This is actually a really big accomplishment, and a huge weight off everyone's shoulders.
I'll admit, I'm upset they're moving so far away, and mostly why they have to. But an airplane flight to London or even Edinburgh isn't that much harder than to Boston. We'll make it work. Mostly I'm trying to be excited for her, and proud, and not think about the rest. The pride comes easy. This is actually a really big accomplishment, and a huge weight off everyone's shoulders.
