I miss Florida. It just hit me. Its been so nice and sunny and warm and I'm pulling out all the shirts and shorts that have been lonely and un-used since I got back in January. And I miss my friends. Justin had a birthday last week and I'm sure they had a party and I didn't get to go. Justin would have gone all crazy and we might have even danced the polka again. I like the polka... and I miss my Florida friends. I miss spending the weekend sleeping over with Danielle, Ashleigh and Erin. I miss driving into The Fort (Fort Myers AKA The City) and hanging out at David, Ben and Patrick's apartment, whether we were invited or not...
And I miss learning a new place. I've always been in California... and I thought I wanted to go to grad school back in SoCal (first USC, then Long Beach State), but I think God is changing my mind. I may want to go somewhere else... live somewhere different... just to learn and experience another part of the U.S. if not the world.
This all sparked when I checked my mail after Mexico and found an e-mail from Washington University's MSW program (located in St. Louis). They told me that they had been given my info by the GRE people and they thought I might be interested to know that they are still enrolling for the Fall semester and they have 5 large scholarships still available.
I thought this was weird and at least worth exploring, so I forwarded the e-mail to my other, more frequented e-mail address and mentioned it to my mom. She immediately perked up because that's where her father received his master's degree. Apparently, its the Harvard of the Midwest... weird... and why is a grad school searching out students...?
Well, I was hesitant because I still didn't feel like I was ready to jump into grad school this fall, but I decided it wouldn't hurt to apply anyway. It would cost the same as USC (way too much), but its a private school so there's no out-of-state fees and if the scholarship covered me, why not?
Then I discovered that their MSW program begins a rotation at both the Fall and Spring semesters... the MSW programs I have looked into so far only start in the Fall... which means that by deciding not to go back this coming fall, I was committing myself to another full year of wandering... but that might not be needed for my sanity and it might not be necessary if I am accepted at Washington and start in Spring 07.
So ya... weird... but cool.
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I looked up Washington University for kicks and it says that their Social Work program is ranked #2 in the nation! I'm sure you knew that already, but still, that's cool! Keep us posted, okay?
Thta's cool, Katie! I actually didn't know that because I haven't been doing any research about it... wow, that's actually kind of weird... but really cool... hmm....
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