i think... the time limited thing is that he thinks i'll be moving on. lets see... i have about a year and a half left (officially) on my thesis. it is customary to take a six month extension to get it done so i guess that makes it about two years. i'm also planning on going to another city for a few months at some point (early next year maybe). and another country for a year near the end of next year.

i guess he is assuming that i'll be moving on when my thesis is written up. it is likely that i will... but it is possible that i won't...

he did say something (a bit defensive) about how i said the thing i wanted to work on was the pain. i guess that what he doesn't understand is that the pain manifests in different contexts now and so i'm trying to talk about those different contexts too. i'm actually thinking... that i might have been being a bit avoidant / defensive with my change in topics... but i think the situation is that i'm doing the best i can and i needed to change the topic in order to function. i think he needs to be careful of pushing me 'cause i'm more fragile than i look. and... i push myself plenty.