Celebrate the Future, Hand in Hand
I have been such a bum at home. Today was mildly productive. I went to the orthodontist (oh what joyous things they will be doing to my teeth in the next few weeks), the bank, and the car wash, then went to my grandma's house for lunch. It was nice. Then I came home, cleaned for my cousins who will be staying with us tomorrow, and went out for coffee with Meghan. Also very nice. <.g>
Okay, today was more than mildly productive. I also started researching grad schools. I don't know if I want to go, or what I want to do with myself after graduation, but grad school is one possibility. For right now, I was looking at schools in Florida. I really do want to live there, if only for a few years. Here's the dilemma: I want to be in Orlando. All my friends are in Orlando, the places we hang out are in Orlando, I know Orlando. It's home. If I'm looking at grad schools in Florida just to be in Florida (not because they have superior programs or whatnot), the schools that even have programs I want are in either Gainesville or Tampa. Tampa's about an hour and a half from Orlando, Gainesville almost three hours. Is it worth it to go to school there, as opposed to someplace else that might have a better program, just to be in Florida if I'm going to be that far from Orlando? And if grad school is just a by-the-way, pass-the-time activity I'm doing while in Florida, is it worth it to go at all if I'm going to be that far from Orlando? Or do I just say to heck with making sense of things, I can work for Disney one day a week to keep my status, spend weekends in Orlando and just go to school at one of those places? Ahhhh!!! Decisions that will effect the rest of my life! And if I'm going to go to grad school at all, I need to take the GRE's, like, now.
I also need to get recommendations from professors, start looking for a job, just in case, and concentrate on school. I have a feeling this next semester is going to be a full one, and not necessarily full with fun stuff. But this is my future, so I better be excited about it.
Comments
Kate... dear. Going to a grad school just because it is in Florida is not exactly the best idea. If it happened to be in Florida and had a wonderful program... then life is perfect for you. But i think your future would be better served by going to a school that has a AWESOME program if grad school is what you choose to do. Then you can always go and work as some hot shot in disney...
on the other hand.. you can work for a year or two and then go back to grad school. Get some experience and figure out exactly what you want to do....
anyway, i sound like a parent... Maybe i am too logical at times... and a bit dull. I regret some decisions I made using my head. So anyway, what am i trying to say...
Ah yes, do what will make you happy. The rest will fall into place eventually.
Posted by: Aarti | August 12, 2002 12:12 AM