Start spreading the news…

Well, I’m not leaving today.  But…it looks like I will be making a return to New York, New York!!!

Yep, you heard right.  And so soon!  I know, I know…

When I first moved here, in September, I really had to sit and evaluate my life.  Finding a job wasn’t easy, especially since I was still struggling to define what I wanted to do.  So I thought a lot.  I’ve had a strange series of jobs, so I tried to figure out what the common denominator was that had either drawn me towards them, or what I liked most about them.  I wasn’t entirely surprised with the answer – in all my jobs, the part I liked best was talking to people, listening to them and sometimes advising them.  I realized that I want to be a psychologist (when I grow up!).  So I did what any rational self-discoverist would do, I applied to graduate school in psychology.  And I mostly applied in New York.

I’ve heard from almost all the schools.  I didn’t get into any Phd programs, but I did get into 2 masters programs.  And, after much deliberation, I’ve decided to go to The New School for Social Research!  It’s going to be a really hard 2 years, during which time I’m going to work my ass off so I can apply for their Phd, but it’s a great program and yeah…that’s what’s been going down!

I’m super excited, and nervous (and a little freaked out – I mean, I just moved to SF, what am I doing?), and I’m also stunned – they offered some $ towards tuition!  So start spreading the news, and let me know if you hear of any great apartments for rent, and get ready – my adventures in grad school will start in September!

Life is funny

So I’m sitting at home, making a batch of my great-aunt’s granola, watching season 2 of The Wire (um, can anyone loan me season 3?  HBO isn’t putting that shit on demand till May!) and kind of lauging about life.  Lately I’ve been doing a lot of reminiscing over how strange my life is.  I mean, if you’d asked me one year ago where I saw myself in a year…I doubt I could have dreamed up the circumstances I’m in.  Today I went to an artisan cheese festival in Petaluma.  And I was an industry person!  People knew about the cheese school, it was pretty cool.  But seriously, what am I doing?  I never could have pictured becoming a cheese nerd who’s learning about Italian wines.  Did I tell you that this is my bible for job #2?  Oh yeah, job #2…since job #1 (cheese school) isn’t paying much or giving me enough hours, I picked up a second job here.  Yeah, what is my life?  Could this be much further from teaching SpEd in the Bronx?  Meanwhile, funny is good, I mean this strange period of time.  It’s given me the perspective I needed to make some big moves, although I must say, I’m so torn about things at the moment.  I’ve heard from all but 1 grad school, so that decision will likely be made this week.  This is scary, and real, it’s the rest of my life….and I’m not sure which route to take.  This whole cheese/wine thing has also given me some great life/food skills, and if anyone wants to hire me as a cheese/wine consultant, I’d be happy to do so.  Anyway, I won’t make any false promises about being a more consistent blogger (is anyone still out there?) but thank you for reading.

x,

bex

You know you’re a lazy bum when…

You can’t manage to update your blog or continue a weekly weigh in! Poor form.

I just came back from Spring Training. So much fun! Seriously, one of the highlights of my year. This year was especially great, as I hadn’t seen SNK since Nov, and her parents since even longer. We spent the first night drinking wine and looking at our senior year yearbook. Do we know how to have a good time, or what?

Did I tell you I started hearing from grad schools? More on that once they’re all in…