It is Friday!!
This morning, I'm in a good mood. True, it's sort of grey and dreary out, threatening to storm. True, it's first thing in the morning, I have a full day of (doing other people's) work ahead of me instead of my own. True, both the Cubs and Pirates got TRAMPLED yesterday, making me once again wonder why I'm so drawn to teams that don't disappoint my expectations of loss and embarassment (still, I love them anyway).Why, you might ask, am I in a good mood?
We'll start small and work our way up.
Last night, I FINALLY found a pair of black shoes that are the perfect blend of comfort, casual, dressy, jeans or skirt appropriate, any season goodness. And they were really cheap too.
Rehearsals start for Savoyards (the Gilbert and Sullivan group for which I play) in a couple of weeks. I've missed this (and the people there too).
A good friend from college will be here next week for work training and I will get to see her.
Another good friend from college is coming to visit me at the end of the month. I haven't seen her since a year ago May when she graduated from law school. I'm looking forward to this very, very much.
I might have the opportunity to take a two semester course on fMRI through Pitt and have UPMC PAY FOR IT. Of course, this would require me giving them my life for at least the next two years, but that was likely to be the case anyway. This class would actually TEACH ME WHAT I AM DOING, so that I don't have to fumble my way through everything. And the best part...it would meet during the day, so that would be 4 hours of every week that I would be in class AS PART OF MY JOB - like training. This would be very good. Fingers crossed that I get permission from the instructor to enroll.
FInally, and this is the BIG one - I have made a decision about graduate school. It occurred in sort of a strange moment last night. After Mama Coco said something to me that started certain wheels turning, I did some looking online and suddenly things sort of fell into place. True, this doesn't mean I'll actually GET IN to any program - just that I know to what I want to apply. And of course, the application process itself is still over a year away and school over two years away, and who knows where I will be living and applying then. Still, this gives me a focus. It makes my job more bearable, because I know now that IT IS THE BEST POSSIBLE THING I COULD BE DOING TO GET MYSELF INTO A PROGRAM WITH A 3% ACCEPTANCE RATE. Yes, I'm very emphatic about this.
One down side - I took the GRE's too long ago and my scores will have expired, so...I get to take them again. WOO HOO! True, my verbal score could use improvement, but the math and analytical, not to mention the subject test scores were just fine. I don't need a chance to fuck that up. oh well.
Anyway, in the meantime, I remain a grunt. However, at least now I'm a grunt with some motivation and some things to look forward to. There are foci for my wandering energies, which keeps me from wanting to punch people or break bottles in the street (though really, I am not a violent person by nature and have never actually punched anyone before).
And it's Friday.
posted by Schna @ 7:57 AM
2 Comments:
I'm curious to know what I said to start the wheels of grad school turning in your very bright mind. These days I could use all the positive feedback I can get.
...By the way after having meet you I feel confident that whatever path you choose or chooses you, will be the right one. Just keep that energy moving. It's easy to get stuck and complacent. (I'm not saying you are) Time moves quickly so just keep moving toward your dreams.
I feel very strongly about your incorporating your love
and passion for music into your work. The artist and scientist in you do not have to be separate.
Love, Michelle's mom
I'm not even sure exactly what started the wheels turning - I suppose when given the chance to talk to someone new, who is actually interested to listen, it leads to seeing things differently.
I got to thinking about rehabilitation, and THAT was the key to finding out what program I would need to go into and how to get to where I need to be to do what I want to do.
I guess one could say you opened by eyes to the fact that the path to where I want to be isn't a single, straight way - it helped alleviate a lot of the frustration I've been feeling and allowed me to do some digging with success.
So thank you. And thank you too for all of your encouraging words.
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