1 day after = 4 1/2 years after

From the previous post you know that yesterday was THE day. I had to defend my thesis. It started at 4pm and at 4:30 I had to leave the room for a few minutes (During the discussion of the professors). Probably you want to know how it was. Well, it could have been worse. Although I have to say my two professors managed to make me sweat;-) Afterwards they explained to me that their questions were meant to find out my limits because they hadn't found anything big to complain about in my thesis.


Now I can call myself "industrial engineer" and I'm not a student any more. My sister asked me how it feels and I had to say the only difference is that today I'm relieved while yesterday I was a bit nervous. The truth is that I don't feel different. Receiving my title yesterday wasn't really a surprise, was it? I worked for it 4 1/2 years (almost exactly 4 1/2 years ago I started my first internship which I needed to start my studies). So it just was the "last step".

But of course things will change. I hope I will have a job soon (you can ask me on Monday again) and I guess that will bring some changes anyway. I wonder if it means being free or the opposite. My friends who already finished their studies have their own philosophies...

Thanks to everybody who supported me during my studies (some may not even know they did). Thanks to all of you who thought of me yesterday, crossed their fingers and pressed their thumps...