I started my PhD almost a month ago.
Other the holiday break is not the best time to do this, but calendar years and funding mean not everything is a choice.
The best thing about the program I am in is that I get to sit in a room with 10 smart people studying a range of Climate related topics.
The worst thing is that the room's climate control is broken and the room is not always the most pleasant place to be.
University processes take a bit of work too. Just like corporates the solution to an unergonomic workstation is to borrow a chair without asking or buy one with your own money. Argh
