renewal
i took the first step towards becoming a grad student yesterday by sitting down with a current student (almost done!), buying her a mojito and picking her brain. and without any prompting from me, she told me what i wanted to hear. and some of what i didn't, like if i don't work at state, then i'm going to have to pay for school, aka go into some funky debt. but, on the other hand, she's got connections, and i'm willing to take that means to an end. and she took 3.5 years to do it, year-round with only one summer off, meaning that if i'm going to do it, i should move quickly when i'm still relatively responsibility-free. which means i should probably study and take the gmat already. which means i should probably just take the hit financially and enroll in a prep class (despite what some of my superstar cohorts of done, sans prep-class). but despite the daunting financially insecure future, i'm refreshed and ready to go. again.
current mood: head down