Life comes at you fast

Jun 20, 2007 14:21

More big news in my world. Life, she is never boring, no?

So last week I was forging ahead with getting my financial aid and class registration lined up for grad school in August. I had been worried that I might not land sufficient aid to be able to afford my classes, so I was jumping through all the necessary application hoops online when UK's finaid portal started acting up. I decided to give it some time to shape up and went to look at class schedules (which I only just got access to)... I couldn't register without my aid money, but I could at least see what was available and assemble a tentative class schedule for myself.

My degree program is offered by UK at UK, U of L, and NKU - so says the college web site. So said my admissions adviser when I was accepted, too. My desire and intent all along had been to take my classes on the Louisville campus, because Louisville was where I wanted to move. However, I looked at the listing of actual classes offered for this coming fall... UK and NKU were both there, but U of L was nowhere to be found. NOTHING. I thought this must be a mistake, so I checked, double checked, triple checked and cross checked, but there really is NOTHING. UK has cancelled the U of L program for this fall, I assume due to lack of enrollment, though I'm not certain. Obviously this shoots a big, fat hole in my grad school plans.

So here came decision time again. I initially delayed my KY move from June until August because classes didn't start for me until then. UK doesn't take new students for my degree in the spring, so now I wouldn't be starting classes until NEXT August at least. I still had a promising potential job in the works with U of L, so I could move out there for that, but... should I? Or should I stay in AR and find work here? I thought and prayed about it, talked to animecat about it, then woke up in the middle of the night to think and pray about it some more.

I'm staying. At least for another year, until I could possibly start grad school next fall, and we'll see where things go from there. There's no reason I HAVE to start school this year. Staying here makes the most sense for the most reasons right now, and it's where I genuinely believe I need to be. Moreover, it's where I most WANT to be, so my heart is thrilled at the news. Not that I don't want to move to Louisville as much as ever, because I do, but... it killed me to think of moving to KY and leaving animecat behind. Now we've got the gift of time, and time is a priceless thing.

I'm still moving this summer, but now to Little Rock instead of Louisville, and I'm job searching here now. Application is already in to UALR, and more are soon to be on their way. Plus I need apartment and car (and license!)... here we go again. I'm excited. Let's see what excitement tomorrow brings.
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