Studying with flash cards for the first time in... forever for this British history course with a professor that's all about names, dates, and places (he's a medievalist and military historian). Also just got home from work.
It's dawning on me more and more clearly that in just a few months I will no longer be working 30-40 hours a week in a pharmacy while going to school full-time. Granted, I'll be a TA, but that's totally different. It's strange because I'm not sure how I feel about it--a little intimidated, perhaps. I've done this retail/school routine for five years now (pharmacy for four) and it's the thing I know. I've got a friend who got his MA at Maryland while working in the pharmacy full-time.
I scoffed at the thought of it initially, but as the grad school application loomed, it seemed more and more that I would just be continuing what I had always done and doing fine anyhow. I'm not allowed to have another job, as stipulated by my TAship. I'll have to take out a small loan to cover the extra money I make at pharmacy that I won't with the TA.--or I couldn't and work during the semester breaks, which I will anyways, but I need a rainy day fund anyhow thanks to my firing a few months back.
I've heard back from UMD and UMass--I'm accepted, but no funding. So that leaves UMBC, Miami, and Brandeis. Given what I've received from Syracuse and the German historian at UMBC, I'm half-expecting to receive a similar offer. If that's the case, I'll go for the name recognition and go with Syracuse. Miami would be good and I'd live in close enough proximity to
@The Ozzman to bump into him at a bar, but I really want to avoid the midwest if possible. I would love it if Brandeis matches Syracuse's offer, but that seems like a stretch. Maybe, who knows.
I twisted my ankle walking across campus today before going to work. My ankle swelled up and I had the joy of limping around the pharmacy, while the lines lined up and the prescription due times loomed. I stomached 600mg of Ibuprofen to stifle it, but it took an hour to kick an and the pain continued anyhow. Yet, I appreciated the fact that we were behind and I helped to get the pharmacy back in order. I'm like a beaten wife.
Back to flash cards.