Oh, I totally love blogging about my ideals!

Sorry, that was from a commercial.

So, it's been a while, but school has been running me pretty ragged. Grad school applications aren't looking too bright, either, since each has a list of stipulations you must meet by a certain date while attempting to be bright-eyed and spectacular. How do some people do it?

I am currently working on a book review (not an oprah type) of a graduate thesis on projectile points and their distribution affecting hunter-gatherer mobility.

Let me put that in english for you: I'm writing a critique of a graduate student's thesis (who is not from this college) about arrow-heads and how they might predict where people lived in an area or not. Sounds thrilling doesn't it?

After climbing out of the fail-boat that was my first GRE exam trial, I'm going back into the lion's den December 21st for an all out brawl that would be worthy of Saturday Night Prime-Time wrestling. Not really, but I will be doing all I can to get that 1000 or more score this time. School will not let up until then. I have a fifteen page paper on birds in native american mythology, a garbology project, and a statement of purpose to write to mention a few things on my plate. How do I do it and not go crazy??

Grad school options are being expanded for the sheer fact of, even though I'd love to stay in the South and hope to do so, if I apply to the only 2 schools I want down here, I am SEVERELY limiting my opportunities. So, I am planning to apply to many schools now, realizing that I don't know where all the money for the application fees are going to come from. I mean, really, $50-65 bucks a pop is a little annoying. Thank you to University of Florida for only being 30 dollars. I hope they accept me. Seriously.

So, back to my writing as the coffee wears off. The assignment is due Monday, but getting some verbage in never hurt since I am going to see Amy in Tuscaloosa this weekend. Oh, Life.


Waiting for a break,

Ellen

Reminding myself that I don't want to live in a box

If the GRE is a beast, then tomorrow I am entering its den. My goal is to make 1000 or higher. If i can do that, I will be a happy girl.