This is not one of those NEW YEAR, NEW ME BS posts - although I do have a resolution: stir the coffee beans in the press right after pouring in the boiling water.
I haven't been writing. I've been busy falling in love and ruling my college campus. Oh, and pinning the hell outta stuff for that one-day-house/wedding/trip to vancouver. I've been listening to new music like a fiend which is amazingly time consuming.
So, let's talk 2013.
School:
I am in the process of applying to schools (and have been for FIVE MONTHS), but I feel like I am not getting anywhere. The main reason is because my scope of schools has changed dramatically since my relationship status has changed. On the surface, it sounds like I am applying to schools so that I can go to the school my boyfriend hopes to go to (undetermined at this point). Well, that's pretty much exactly what it is. And that is really freaking exciting to me.
Truthfully, our #1 pick is an excellent school: UW Madison. It's in the top for Communications and Rhetoric, my two areas of concentration. And the idea of living in Madison is the most alluring one I've entertained in years. You remember me three years ago? I was just then thinking of going to school. And here I am, in a position to transfer from a CC to a kick ass university.
Clearly, I do not have it all figahed out. That is not stressing me in the slightest. That alone is an incredible thing. I am a stresser; you know this. I mean, even the grammar of this post is giving my brain hives, but I do not have time to edit. Ha! I just don't give a shit, really. I have the time.
Writing:
Earlier, it sounded like I regretted not writing. Well, I do to some extent. I am too good to not write. But is that a valid reason to always be writing? Probably. Am I a lifelong rule breaker? Yes.
Life:
In the meantime, I am going to continue on this low-stress track, rock and roll this semester into the history books, and make more time for reading. Oh, and stir those damn coffee beans.
Happy New Year, friends. And happy three years of blogging for me!
Vancouver BC? It's lovely.
ReplyDeleteYup, the BC one. Although, I'd like to do the WA one too since it would mean I was in Portland.
DeleteMadison!! Yay!
ReplyDeleteYou would like it. Come to the way cooler side of Lake Michigan ;)
haha! It's true. You guys don't have the warmth of lake Michigan in the winter :P
DeleteI remember the despair in some of your long ago posts. I think it was a matter of just taking hold of your life that got you to this wonderful, possibilities-filled place. Whatever you do, I'll be sending you good vibes. :)
ReplyDeleteWell, you, Anita, were one of the primary catalysts in my growth. It started with your comment about my puppies, which was one of the first blog comments I'd ever received ;)
DeleteHappy for you, Jon!
ReplyDeleteUW Madison is amazing too! (We never ended up moving there though! My hubby got transferred again 20 minutes away from our house, so we stayed put.)
Good luck to you, my friend!
Aww, sadness. But, thanks! I'd still be close enough for getting together to write every couple months ;)
DeleteI think this is such a great post, because you are not at the beginning. This isn't a fresh start--you're in the middle of a journey, which is freakin' awesome. KEEP TRUCKIN' :)
ReplyDeleteLife can't just be a string of beginnings, although that is how we find out what we want our life to be.
omg I'm waxing poetic this am. When is the coffee going to be brewed, J?
I made the coffee three hours ago! You slept in too late :P
DeleteGood luck with the decisions, Jon. Tell me about your new music obsessions! I want to know.
ReplyDeleteAre you on Spotify? I can most efficiently share music with you there? If not, I can do it via Facebook :)
Deleteyes, I am. I'm either Maria Mainero or mariaannawitt, can't remember.
DeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteUm, I feel completely unable to talk about UW Madison (?)(what does the w stand for? the u is university, yes?) or CC because I'm not really sure what or where they are but! It sounds like 2013 is YOUR year regardless! Not stressing is fantastic! It's okay not to know where things are headed.
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I grew up about 30 minutes from UW Madison and even though I was accepted and met with the advisors and . . .well, it all boiled down to wanting to move away from home, so I went to a different UW. But I have been to an annual Writer's Conference there with some great agents/editors if that sways you at all (ha, not me being there, but the conference part). ;) Good luck with everything!
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