So after a week of back-and-forth with some immigration lawyers, it turns out my Mom qualifies for Slovakian citizenship (generational limit means she's the last one), but once she gets it I would be able to. But it's also a ~2 year process for her, so it'd be minimum 4 years for me. And those lawyers want an insane amount of money. So I'm going to keep searching around for different firms and also see what the likelihood of me being able to do it myself are. As far as if my mom is willing to, probably not. Today on the phone she claimed that Slovakia stands with Russia because they were behind the Iron Curtain... Yeah she's definitely got a bit of beef (read: probably racist) with Eastern Europe but she's also Eastern European. It's a fun combination. But I'm going to keep chipping away because I'm a child and I'd love an escape strategy for this country should I need it. The Supreme Court these days really worries me and there's about no chance it gets fixed anytime soon.

Otherwise thesis goes slow and job search goes poorly. I'm pretty burnt out but just gotta keep it up for another two months. Then it's back to the real world, with income and free time on weekends and after work hours.