I am officially accepted into the Distance Learning Ph.D. program at the University of Florida!!!!! I will be pursuing a doctorate in Latin and Roman Studies.

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have one of two working computers in the house, but one of them is only usable by thespooniest because of the unspeakable horrors of its configuration, so I still only have sporadic access. I do generally have access to email. I am the only person in the house who doesn't use the computer All The Time, so it's going to continue being sporadic until other ( Read more... )

Have received transcripts from three of four universities, for inclusion with my application. The fourth is on the way ( Read more... )

I started Level 1 German last night ( Read more... )

I tihnk I just gained a level in my Navigate Bureaucracy skill. That was ridiculously difficult to do - there is a huge multi-step process for registration, much of which involves mailing things back and forth to even get permission to enroll for the course as professional development (which is furthe ridiculous because the course was actually ( Read more... )

I am currently scheduled to resume my formal studies of Japanese in a couple of weeks. :)

There's a local university that has a very good Post-Baccalaureate program, which would offer me the chance to bolster my academic qualifications, and revive and supplement my knowledge of ancient Greek. Both of which I need before proceeding to a Ph.D ( Read more... )