dialogue: concluding one's grad school career

me: i quit
M: hehehe
me: allow me to say that my thesis needs to be AMAZING
otherwise quitting will feel like running away
therefore, the last thing i do in grad school must be, again, AMAZING
for an MA student, at least
M: hahaha
me: i need to be exonerated
M: it will be sir
it will be
do the reading
write
dance
repeat
me: the end
M: yes
gotta go
love you
don't freak out
i punch your self-doubt
me: love you too
and please, punch away