I came to Chicago in 2014 for graduate school, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. I had never lived away from home (suburban GA) or even knew anybody in the Midwest. Despite all of that, I genuinely felt like Chicago was meant to be my home, at least for a little while. And I was right! I just celebrated my 4-year Chicago anniversary! I can’t believe it’s been 4 years since I bought that one-way ticket. And now, I’m planning on another one-way trip to San Diego! I’m working really hard on writing and wrapping up my experiments so that I will be a PhD by January 2019. Now that we’re almost to…