to prove to daddy that i'm no fool
Last night I spent a couple hours going through and reading old entries. Although I don't really have much time to write in here anymore, I think I'm going to try to start writing in it again more regularly. I miss being able to go back and see what I was up to on various days.
That being said, I guess I can just start anywhere since nothing much has been chronicled in months. The most recent and life-changing news that I have arrived yesterday. I got into grad school at UT!! I truly didn't expect to get in. When I checked my application status online (something I did once every couple weeks), I was stunned to see that I was admitted. I didn't really move for the next hour while I processed the information.
I'm so thankful for the timing of this news. I definitely see God's hand in it. Last week I finally quit my jobs and had decided to go back to school to take upper div Spanish and English classes to start then teaching in the fall of 2008, which I think I already wrote about. Because I had made that decision, I had a different mindset about school. I was willing to take a year off from making money and take the hit financially so that I could pursue something that I am passionate about. Now that I got in, it's like "wow, I was already planning to go back for a year and I wasn't even going to get a degree. Now I go back for 2 years and I'll have a master's. Sweet!" I think if I had found out about my admittance before I had decided to just go back to school anyway, I would have seen grad school as an obligation that I might not want to get myself into, because I'd have to cut back on spending and live very cheaply for 2 years. Also, I don't think I would have been very exuberant about studying again. Like I said, I'm so thankful that my perspective changed. I can't wait to go back to school! I know several people have told me that it will be the death of my social life, but oh well!!
After the shock wore off, and I also stopped searching for an answer to "holy moly, how am I going to pay for this?" I went to dinner with some friends to celebrate. There's nothing like queso to toast another education (that, and a delicious $2.99 margarita).
Other than that, it's SXSW week. I need to hit up some shows. I want to see Iglu & Hartly play on Friday, because one of the guys was in school with me in high school, but other than that, I don't know what I'm going to do music-wise. I'll also be at the screening for Elvis and Anabelle on Thursday, since I worked for Burnt Orange during its production.
Ahhh I can't believe I'm going back to school! I'm stoked!
With Julia on Friday
She's so tiny - it's amazing.
With Katy and her friend Erin at the Oasis. Katy was in town from DC - I miss her!
I should get back to work. I have been le unproductive today because I am le tired. I need le caffeine. I also need to stop starting sentences with "I" and using "le" in them. I am le lame.
As the sound of the playgrounds faded, the despair set in. Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices. - Children of Men
That being said, I guess I can just start anywhere since nothing much has been chronicled in months. The most recent and life-changing news that I have arrived yesterday. I got into grad school at UT!! I truly didn't expect to get in. When I checked my application status online (something I did once every couple weeks), I was stunned to see that I was admitted. I didn't really move for the next hour while I processed the information.
I'm so thankful for the timing of this news. I definitely see God's hand in it. Last week I finally quit my jobs and had decided to go back to school to take upper div Spanish and English classes to start then teaching in the fall of 2008, which I think I already wrote about. Because I had made that decision, I had a different mindset about school. I was willing to take a year off from making money and take the hit financially so that I could pursue something that I am passionate about. Now that I got in, it's like "wow, I was already planning to go back for a year and I wasn't even going to get a degree. Now I go back for 2 years and I'll have a master's. Sweet!" I think if I had found out about my admittance before I had decided to just go back to school anyway, I would have seen grad school as an obligation that I might not want to get myself into, because I'd have to cut back on spending and live very cheaply for 2 years. Also, I don't think I would have been very exuberant about studying again. Like I said, I'm so thankful that my perspective changed. I can't wait to go back to school! I know several people have told me that it will be the death of my social life, but oh well!!
After the shock wore off, and I also stopped searching for an answer to "holy moly, how am I going to pay for this?" I went to dinner with some friends to celebrate. There's nothing like queso to toast another education (that, and a delicious $2.99 margarita).
Other than that, it's SXSW week. I need to hit up some shows. I want to see Iglu & Hartly play on Friday, because one of the guys was in school with me in high school, but other than that, I don't know what I'm going to do music-wise. I'll also be at the screening for Elvis and Anabelle on Thursday, since I worked for Burnt Orange during its production.
Ahhh I can't believe I'm going back to school! I'm stoked!
With Julia on Friday
She's so tiny - it's amazing.
With Katy and her friend Erin at the Oasis. Katy was in town from DC - I miss her!
I should get back to work. I have been le unproductive today because I am le tired. I need le caffeine. I also need to stop starting sentences with "I" and using "le" in them. I am le lame.
As the sound of the playgrounds faded, the despair set in. Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices. - Children of Men