We started this thing to keep in touch, thinking we would all be in different parts of the country by now. Well...
Unfortunately (mostly for me) that didn't really happen. I never would have survived my first semester teaching if it weren't for my friends. But here we are nearing the end of another Spring semester:
Myself: Normal news is that I'm still teaching and trying not to kill my students or certain people at a particular school for which I work. 20lbs heavier, but with some very strict help from someone who has become very dear to me that may change to 60lbs lighter by this time next year. Still not talking to the Ex Factor. Made an attempt, but got all riled up again, so had to call it off.
Good news is that I have officially been accepted to the University of Louisiana. They put me on the waiting list for funding, but hey, it's an acceptance. LSU put me on their acceptance waiting list. I will probably know something certain in a couple of weeks. Even better news, my family is talking about the possibility of helping me into the PhD program with or without funding the first semester. The idea is that I could either go now and pursue the opportunities there, or waiting around in a job I don't truly enjoy, only to spend more money on another Bachelor's and more applications. It seems to myself, and everyone else, I'm better off taking the acceptance and finding a job there while continuing to apply for fellowships and assistantships, which, presumably, will be easier to access when I'm actually there. So, yay for my family and friends believing in me and wanting to help me pursue my dreams.
I'm also turning the screenplay I wrote in graduate school into a novel. I have hopes for it, as well as a hardcore editor.
So, how about an update from everyone else?
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