Last day in the lab and I feel like an emotional emoji – a happy one

I haven’t been this emotionally overwhelmed from kindness in, well, maybe ever. I rarely take much notice to the amount of “likes” I receive for my posts on social media, but when I receive more likes and comments than I ever have for a birthday, and they are encouraged by a true accomplishment rather than an obligation to send the polite greeting of the year, I can’t help but to feel compelled to use the controversial “#blessed” as a description of my emotional state. I have spent half a decade towards a degree in higher education, and the amount of hours I have spent listening to mossy (and non-mossy) professors lecturing about things that in reality are too advanced to do anyone good are best not counted, due to the large number they would amount into – something that would terrify me, even retrospectively. I had my last day in the lab today, and finished up the last cloning that most probably will give me the final piece of information that I’m looking for to complete my thesis. Today was the last time I entered the lab for my graduate degree. I posted a picture of me in the lab, more so for myself in a distant future, and didn’t expect much if any response. As I write this, more than 150 people have congratulated me or liked the picture, people from my past and present, who decided to share my happiness with me. I feel special. So thank you. To all of you.