Little did I know...
4 years ago
...how hard it would be to finish a masters degree program in mechanical engineering. My undergraduate degree is in M.E. (from Texas A&M), and I really thought this was something I wanted to do, and something that I could do. But, I hadn’t counted on how difficult it would be to finish my research and thesis while being the only breadwinner for a family of four, among all the other obligations, social, personal and otherwise, that my life has presented. I’ve finished all the coursework, and now simply need to write the damned thesis. (Just coming up with a thesis took an embarrassing amount of time, with several false starts, and I’m still not convinced that what I’ve finally landed on is viable—let alone interesting or valuable. Oy!)
