October 2013: Life is...good?
Ten months post re-entry, I feel like I've finally found my stride.
School is excellent. I'm on track to get my first ever 4.0 GPA. And I have more than doubled my hours at work, which means I'm about to start making significantly more money...which means I'm actually going to be able to afford the New Years trip to Scotland that I just booked. :DDDDD I'm SO EXCITED! And also slightly nervous, because upon close examination, it appears that my passport was not stamped when I re-entered the US last December. Which means there's no paper record of me ever having left the UK, which means I could be in for some trouble when I go through immigration in London. Like, "We're denying you entry because it looks like you violated your visa" trouble. But I still have my boarding passes from that trip to prove that I did indeed leave, and in this computerized era, surely there's got to be some electronic record of my having left? Right guys? Right?
Also, I have long-term goals again, which I think should qualify as one of the final signs that one has officially emerged from a depressive episode. I've been giving more thought to where I would like to live when I finish CMA school, and I think I've pretty much decided. Details to follow at some future date.
So. There's a small part of me that's still waiting for something to go horrendously wrong, because Things Going Wrong has pretty much been the theme for me this year. But I'm doing my best to keep that part compartmentalized, because it's just not helpful.
School is excellent. I'm on track to get my first ever 4.0 GPA. And I have more than doubled my hours at work, which means I'm about to start making significantly more money...which means I'm actually going to be able to afford the New Years trip to Scotland that I just booked. :DDDDD I'm SO EXCITED! And also slightly nervous, because upon close examination, it appears that my passport was not stamped when I re-entered the US last December. Which means there's no paper record of me ever having left the UK, which means I could be in for some trouble when I go through immigration in London. Like, "We're denying you entry because it looks like you violated your visa" trouble. But I still have my boarding passes from that trip to prove that I did indeed leave, and in this computerized era, surely there's got to be some electronic record of my having left? Right guys? Right?
Also, I have long-term goals again, which I think should qualify as one of the final signs that one has officially emerged from a depressive episode. I've been giving more thought to where I would like to live when I finish CMA school, and I think I've pretty much decided. Details to follow at some future date.
So. There's a small part of me that's still waiting for something to go horrendously wrong, because Things Going Wrong has pretty much been the theme for me this year. But I'm doing my best to keep that part compartmentalized, because it's just not helpful.