It's warm enough to t ype
Usually it's hovering somewhere in the mid-50's, low 50's in my apartment (trying to cut back on the gas bill), so I never really feel like typing, but today is nice and warm. It's a pity it was one of those 8am-5pm no break kind of day (with classes and teaching and meetings) that I didn't get to run. Well, at least I'll get to run tomorrow morning. =) And for the first time in a while (because I'm lucky), it'll be a light-rain run.
As the countdown towards my MA comprehensive exam approaches... as March 25th approaches, I'm feeling pretty confident and wondering whether if academia truly is a place for me. This semester, I finally get to take Historical Ling (Latin to Spanish), and it's been going great. I don't look forward to the class, because it's at 8 am on the days where I go from that class, another, teach 2, and a 3-hour study session... but, I have a test on my fridge now. =) I put the second exam from Historical Ling because I got a 96. That's pretty good in grad school... we all seem to fair an average of a B...
Anyway, as the day I should tell my advisor I'm not continuing approaches, I am starting to second guess myself. I might actually want to stay. If I get to write about how Latin became Spanish and what oddities, changes, semantic changes, etc happened, then it's a pretty sweet life. But I'm not sure. I want to be with Tyson, and there really isn't harm in working at a Japanese university for a year. I mean, I kind of need a break anyway. It just sucks because then this means I'll have to retake the GRE's (it's good for 5yrs, and I took it junior year of college) to reapply for the PhD. Great... bleh.
Anyway, I really am happy about how well I'm doing right now, but I have this splitting headache from exhaustion, so I think I'll get going. I just wish I could write everything I meant to. I'm feeling pretty inspired and poetic right now... such a shame.
As the countdown towards my MA comprehensive exam approaches... as March 25th approaches, I'm feeling pretty confident and wondering whether if academia truly is a place for me. This semester, I finally get to take Historical Ling (Latin to Spanish), and it's been going great. I don't look forward to the class, because it's at 8 am on the days where I go from that class, another, teach 2, and a 3-hour study session... but, I have a test on my fridge now. =) I put the second exam from Historical Ling because I got a 96. That's pretty good in grad school... we all seem to fair an average of a B...
Anyway, as the day I should tell my advisor I'm not continuing approaches, I am starting to second guess myself. I might actually want to stay. If I get to write about how Latin became Spanish and what oddities, changes, semantic changes, etc happened, then it's a pretty sweet life. But I'm not sure. I want to be with Tyson, and there really isn't harm in working at a Japanese university for a year. I mean, I kind of need a break anyway. It just sucks because then this means I'll have to retake the GRE's (it's good for 5yrs, and I took it junior year of college) to reapply for the PhD. Great... bleh.
Anyway, I really am happy about how well I'm doing right now, but I have this splitting headache from exhaustion, so I think I'll get going. I just wish I could write everything I meant to. I'm feeling pretty inspired and poetic right now... such a shame.