Soo...

My day started off pretty well. I came in to a voicemail from the ticket office at the LA Sparks, saying they could give some tickets for prizes at the LA Golf Show. I thought that was pretty cool, seeing as they are major sports team, even if it is just the WNBA. Then, I started calling Northern California golf courses to see if they would send out emails to promote the shows. I wasn't too excited to do this, because the Portland and SoCal people weren't very receptive, but all of the Bay Area folks were really friendly and agreeable. It just proves what I already knew: Northern California really is better than Southern California.

Anyhow, I was really getting into the swing of calling when I noticed I had a voicemail. It was from one of the guys I called yesterday to see about emailing members chewing me out for not doing better research. Turns out, he's the show's major sponsor and I didn't realize it. All I had was a list of golf course names, for crying out loud, but he was right: I should have checked the website first to see which of the courses on my list were sponsors or pariticpants. Still, he could have left a more gracious response. That threw me off of my game, so to clear my head, I decided to take a break and check my email, where I learned that...

I GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL!

... which made me lose my concentration even more. I was a total waste of space after that. I emailed David, my parents, the people who wrote recommendations. I looked up financial aid infrmation and browsed the net for a UW sweatshirt. I called golf courses in between IMing Jessica.

I'm pretty excited. I really didn't think I would get in, especially with the economy supposedly pushing up the application rates, so I am more surprised than anything. I've wanted to attend UW for ages, and I finally feel like I am going somewhere with my life instead of treading water. Plus, if I do both this and the Graphic Design program at Seattle Central simultaneously I will be able to postpone finding a job until I have skills to get a good one, and I think the combination of the two programs will teach me what I need to find my ideal professional fit when I get out. Don't get me wrong, I love being self-sufficient and earning money, but I hate menial soul-sucking jobs, which is all I am currenly qualified for. The only downside to this plan is that both programs emphasize working in the field to apply what you learn in class, and by not working I would miss out on this vital connection. I'm going to talk to an advisor at UW about this. First I had better wait until I hear back from Seattle Central; it maybe a an open-enrollment school as a whole, but there are no gurantees I will be accepted to this specific program.

But for now I want to just be happy that I got in! Yay! David and I opened up the bottle of champagne Chris left at our place after New Years to celebrate, and we're going to fill out our FAFSA applications this weekend. It's a bummer that David won't hear back for certain until June; his essay was great, his GPA is excellent and I know he'll get in (knock on wood) but it sucks to wait.