Spring

Today during my lunch break, I walked outside and did not wear a coat.
I suppose that if I lived in a place with a constant summer, I wouldn't feel as elated about the beginning of spring time or the changing of any of the seasons. Although I would be much warmer, life might just be a little more boring if I didn't have seasons.

I am officially a grad student at UWM am I am SO EXCITED! SO SO SOOOO EXCITED! Honestly, I've known I wanted a master's degree since my second year at Gustavus, but I had no idea I'd be THIS EXCITED!



I visited the campus and city last weekend, and I had a great time. The campus is located in the north east part of the city, which is the "Victorian" area, and it's right by the lake. Seriously, it's gorgeous. When I got to the Soc dept, I was greated by name by three different people - two professors and the dept secretary. I got a grand campus tour and had a very informational meeting with the head of grad studies. SOOO excited.

Yes, Milwaukee is a city and it has its ghetto and there are places you need to avoid. However, I saw so many fun things and great restaurants and coffee shops... the first restaurant I saw as I was snooping around the campus area was Qdoba. I seriously almost cried, I was so goddamn happy. Ha.
I even found a cafe with a hookah!

I sent in my forms today, and I've also been talking with some current grad students about housing... that's probably the thing that has me the most nervous! I saw tons of apartment buildings while I was there. I'm just a little bit scared of living alone. I sent out an e-mail to the master Soc grad student list to see if anyone's looking for a roommate... so we'll see what happens. It was pretty neat though... I sent out the e-mail and within an hour I had three replies helping me out with housing questions - telling me what area was best/what to avoid, stuff like that.

The lake is gorgeous - and it's a large enough body of water that, when I miss my Atlantic Ocean, I can stare at the lake and pretend I'm on the east coast. Campus is about 5 or 6 blocks from the lake.

My parents are proud that both of their children will be Panthers this fall... myself at UWM and Katie at UNI. I wonder how they'll handle both of us moving away this August. They'll officially have an empty nest.

SOO EXCITED. AHH!

And I can't say anything at work. That's tough. My coworkers ask me "what's new?" and I want to start gushing about all this UWM news, but instead I just say "eh... nothing much." I'm very nervous to tell them I'm leaving. I said before that I want to give them a month's notice, but is that enough time? Too much time? I have no idea how to do this. I'm afraid if I give them a month, they'll all hate me and I'll have to go to work and have everyone glare at me and that will suck... this is the downfall of working in such an intimate setting. EVERYONE talks and is in everyone else's business. The bosses daughter thinks I'm her best friend, and I know she's going to be crushed when I leave. (Not that I'm that great... she's just lonely and doesn't have many friends.)

And no, in response to the comment attached to my last post... NO, I do not want any free porn from you, dumbass. I know where to find it if I need it... thank you very much.