lera-777 diary

subota, 07.11.2009.

Response...finally

After returning from 1st lunch with some folks from the department and 2nd lunch with the husband (I totally spaced off that he wanted to have lunch today. And no, I didn't eat two lunches, I sat and talked to the husband at lunch 2) I opened the mailbox to find my final response letter about all the grad applications I sent in. It turns out that Penn didn't want me either. So, 4 applications and $600 later, I get four rejection letters. Now before you start getting all "Didn't you just buy a house?" and "Didn't you already commit to stay at ISU before you got this?,"this letter is neither shocking nor disturbing to me. It's disappointing. Not that I really cared to move at this point, it just would have been nice to say that I got into at lease ONE school besides where I am. Ah well, I have not so great GRE scores and no publications (yet!)but within our department, I get quality one-on-one attention and all the support I could hope for. Plus, with all the faculty that are leaving or going on sabbatical, stand-alone teaching experiences in the next few years will skyrocket. What does this all mean? I will most likely get more experience here than I would anywhere else, just not the fancy-schmancy name on my degree to go with it. Do I really care? Not even a little bit.This weekend, however, re-affirmed that staying here for 3-5 more years will be an entirely acceptable situation. Steve was gone to Atlanta since last Wednesday, and in his absence all of MY friends stepped in. As gbuugg put it, "Oh my God, Kristy can't be alone! We need to find her stuff to do!" I had a fantastic weekend! By Sunday, though...I was dead tired. I went out with the department folks friday night (and closed the bar a VERY drunk Kristy at 2 am.) Then, got up at 8:30 am to go to the auction (which was a comeplete waste of time because it was mostly crap.)What did we do instead? gbuugg and I took a day-trip to the Williamsburg Outlet mall for a little theraputic shopping. I got some stuff for the house and some new shoes, among other things. Then, when we got back, had some pizza and watched "Capote." I should clarify by saying that I watched *most* of "Capote." It was an entirely fine movie...it was just the hangover and lack of sleep telling me that it was time for some snoozy.Sunday, it was a bridal show with gbuugg and some shopping for wedding undergarments. By the time we got done, she said, "you can come over for supper, or you can go home if you want. We all kind of scheduled your weekend for you, so if you want some quiet time, that's fine." Needless to say I went home, took a nap and made some salmon for supper. While the scheduled weekend was tiring, it was a really great feeling that I now have enough friends of my own that, when Steve's out of town...I'm not going to be sitting at home all weekend. That's a feeling that, up until this school year, I haven't had since all the old college crowd moved away.Can I call Ames home now? Absolutely! Am I happy about it? Yah, shure you betcha!

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