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It feels like it's time to post an update! WOOhoo.
So, last week I went to NYC for an interview with the NYC Teaching Fellows program. But more importantly, I got to see some of my dear New York friends! It was great. I was instilled with an undying desire to be back there and live a life with good public transport (which is lacking here in the HOT ATL). I won't hear back from the program for another 5 weeks...
Here in ATL I've been working at Pura Vida, a pan-latino flavors tapas bar. It's pretty fun, but I really can't work at a restaurant forever, or even for two more months. I'm getting tired of it. I pretty much just go to work and come home and cook for my dad. Sometimes I help my little sister with her homework. I feel like a fake replacement for my mother.
In anycase, while I'm waiting for the decision in NYC, I am also applying to graduate school in URUGUAY. I've already gotten the application finished and I've had my transcript certified at the Uruguayan Consulate in NYC. All I need now are passport-sized photos and I will be waiting to hear back from them. If I get in, it's a Master's in International Commerce (focusing on South America's MERCOSUR, similar to the EU system) which would start the beginning of April.
Of course, I think the NYC decision supercedes Uruguay only because in NYC I am closer to my family and my dad who may or may not be getting a liver transplant which may or may not require my presence. But I'm going to speak with his doctor on March 1st to see if my father could move to NYC or to Long Beach, CA and to see if my father wants to be considered for the transplant. This c onversation will definitely impact the fexibility of my plans.
In other words, right now my life is not very much of anything, but in just three months I could almost be anywhere.
So, last week I went to NYC for an interview with the NYC Teaching Fellows program. But more importantly, I got to see some of my dear New York friends! It was great. I was instilled with an undying desire to be back there and live a life with good public transport (which is lacking here in the HOT ATL). I won't hear back from the program for another 5 weeks...
Here in ATL I've been working at Pura Vida, a pan-latino flavors tapas bar. It's pretty fun, but I really can't work at a restaurant forever, or even for two more months. I'm getting tired of it. I pretty much just go to work and come home and cook for my dad. Sometimes I help my little sister with her homework. I feel like a fake replacement for my mother.
In anycase, while I'm waiting for the decision in NYC, I am also applying to graduate school in URUGUAY. I've already gotten the application finished and I've had my transcript certified at the Uruguayan Consulate in NYC. All I need now are passport-sized photos and I will be waiting to hear back from them. If I get in, it's a Master's in International Commerce (focusing on South America's MERCOSUR, similar to the EU system) which would start the beginning of April.
Of course, I think the NYC decision supercedes Uruguay only because in NYC I am closer to my family and my dad who may or may not be getting a liver transplant which may or may not require my presence. But I'm going to speak with his doctor on March 1st to see if my father could move to NYC or to Long Beach, CA and to see if my father wants to be considered for the transplant. This c onversation will definitely impact the fexibility of my plans.
In other words, right now my life is not very much of anything, but in just three months I could almost be anywhere.