A letter from Jun 16th, 2021

Peaceful right?

Dear Me, Here I am, sitting in a little room on campus after finishing my thesis defense. I'm officially done with college. This feels so weird. I'm writing you this letter so you remember the euphoria you felt right after you were done. The feeling of accomplishment. You did so well my dude. And you deserve everything good that happened today. An 8 for research and a 9 for the lab work. That's insane. I'm very proud of you right now. I don't know what you're doing right now. Probably finishing up your masters if you actually ended up doing that. You got this man. Or if you're always done. YOU MF DID IT MAN. I'm proud of you. We worked hard for this. We came a long way from the 12 year old Egyptian girl that was slowly navigating her way through her new Dutch society. We survived countless ruthless teachers that tried to convince us that we were no good. Well, look at us now. We're here to help this world just a little bit more. I hope you found something you wanted to do, whether that's continuing your research or becoming a college professor. You got this. You can do anything you set your mind to. I love you. Love always, Your newly college graduated self :)

Epilogue

3 days later

This feels like a lifetime ago, while this wasn't even that long ago. I remember feeling so proud. And I should be. I worked really freaking hard during a hard...

Temi. I ,cakb i eysar hte i evre up ergw umch on'td zaeedlri psat ohw lnikoog ni 3 inkht. Rlleya 22 hcsu i saw huhttgo at na tuadl i. Lgir elyrailtl just 'mi wno a ownk i ,52 at. Tihs owh fhiat hturt iingvl a my a ettelr aepl dna took ftera lrig of rhitg tastr. Iglr who her to a ot tnew rlaicme hre cbka idetnity admrnolhte. Wets dtaeresht usjt adh my job neitytid ttah cabk eno rigl ot mtnho cignom nirattsg fo who nad het frist a. Ylgu an si cimars tghin. Urseup aetrhno tbu aepl to i ookt hscloo hnet of thiaf grda. Idd tsasrme ingod ym tcluyaal den i pu. Tquei nto cuse,or i of awnt to im' ,usaebec eodn hmcu eyt. Bcak i at i esm,atr otl teh itwh fi nilggtusrg my ktnhi wsa a btu smlyef ningnbegi fo. 6 alctayul bjo olyn i gdoo hntsom orf wkedor fi ym ddi than rmeo itsfr neve mgeaad. Rlae tspriomo my aws eynmrosd. Stpiud etfl i. Ou,t chloos efels ni dubm sunrt tomsal dgra vryeeneo. Hthuog tish i ldag ddi rpesu m'i. I so saeubce euamrtd hmcu i it efle ikel of. Inecreeepx gienda 'eiv as ubt opsnre sa ntscteiis hcum a os a also. Twan owkn od do i nda atwh ot i. Inogg m'i rhenipsnit :) 'ill na by tboh eiragnlzi rit,fs dorup alifnly dbaoar akme ngogi orf draem by od fo orsu uoy but a to. Oedn ienanglr ont r'eew. Iatw in eelf hte i ftle rleett ot ahtt i htis urehaipo ianag cnotan. Hesnot ysa adn sabeecu 3 ogcleel a apst 4 erwe eb i tol htat fo esayr anht ym teh resya lal hvae arrdhe to. Hrrsaeec fo otlmas lla 4 i uodrp im' hdceaiev htat srjotcpe rltae. Opdur sefl nowirkg my loas fo ubt fro spat mi' darh. Ddi 3< hegiynvert oyu egthoret we fro nhkat htsi.
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Eovl y,aawsl.
Erlamolcu bisioltog otlsam gaaudtre ssamert.

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