Saturday, January 20, 2007
Right
So nothing all that interesting is going on right now. I should probably transition from writing about what I'm doing to writing about what I'm thinking. That's what makes these things interesting. However, I have a bunch of stuff to read for my graduate seminar today, so I don't have time to get all philosophical about something. Maybe tomorrow. We'll see. If nothing else I'll post in a week or so about skiing and/or ultimate.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Home
So after nearly two weeks at home in Norman, I will be heading back to New England later today. I am currently up late packing as the Fiesta Bowl took forever to come to it's despressing, misberable ending (fuck! fuck! fuck!).
Home, as always, was a great break from my normal hectic life. This time was slightly more stressful than normal unfortunately due to grad school apps, the GRE, and administrative shit going down with ultimate. I managed to take care of it all though and still average about 10-12 hours of sleep tonight, only waking up before noon maybe 3 or 4 times. Like I said, I enjoy relaxing when I'm here, because I never get to do it any other time.
I also got to catch up with my best friends from high school and was again confronted with the fact that for many of us, real life is approaching very fast. Two of my friends have already landed 80 grand a year jobs for fall '07, one for Exxon in Houston and the other in Seattle for Microsoft, and I have been told I need to return to Norman this August for a wedding. My best friend from high school continues to progress through the substitute teaching ranks and is looking to join the workforce next year as well. I am the lone member of our group still hoping to delay reality for a few more years by going to grad school. Hopefully. We'll see how the applications fare, I've had good luck in the past and hopefully that continues, allowing me to go where I want and be able to afford it.
Home, as always, was a great break from my normal hectic life. This time was slightly more stressful than normal unfortunately due to grad school apps, the GRE, and administrative shit going down with ultimate. I managed to take care of it all though and still average about 10-12 hours of sleep tonight, only waking up before noon maybe 3 or 4 times. Like I said, I enjoy relaxing when I'm here, because I never get to do it any other time.
I also got to catch up with my best friends from high school and was again confronted with the fact that for many of us, real life is approaching very fast. Two of my friends have already landed 80 grand a year jobs for fall '07, one for Exxon in Houston and the other in Seattle for Microsoft, and I have been told I need to return to Norman this August for a wedding. My best friend from high school continues to progress through the substitute teaching ranks and is looking to join the workforce next year as well. I am the lone member of our group still hoping to delay reality for a few more years by going to grad school. Hopefully. We'll see how the applications fare, I've had good luck in the past and hopefully that continues, allowing me to go where I want and be able to afford it.
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