Besides voting for president, there is one other important decision to update you on this year:
The results are in (they have actually been in for a couple of weeks now – sorry for the delay) and I am off to UCLA this fall. Berkley decided that there are better candidates to take their available slots this year and FINALLY gave me my denial letter. Although I was disappointed by the results (and the four months of waiting) I am more than excited to be heading off to Los Angeles in August. A part of me feels that I will end up in the Bay area eventually but I guess now is simply not my time – as long as global warming does not progress too rapidly, San Francisco should be there when the time is right.
I will be quitting work in 59 days (to be exact) and can barely stand the two month wait. If you recall “senioritis” from your senior year of high school you may understand how I feel right now. I have almost zero motivation at work each day – I have become a first class slacker. Traveling to Pennsylvania every week (and Harrisburg, PA to boot) does not really help my situation. I am so tired of dreary Harrisburg, airplanes and the Chicago O’hare airport that I could scream. The meal allowances, hotel and airline miles are nice but I am not really sure it is all really worth the toll that is taking on my body (or social life). I cannot wait for it to be over -school starts in mid-September so I will have about 6 weeks to pack, move my crap, get settled and relax a little. I just registered for a trip to canoe the Colorado in Black Canyon, AZ with a group of my new classmates in late August – I am super excited!
I am in the roommate search process right now and all of that is going surprisingly well – I am talking with two girls who are also new UCLA admits and we all seem like we will get along just fine. I am not sure exactly when I will move yet but I have narrowed it down to sometime in the first three weeks of August. “Coming out” to potential roommates has been an interesting experience but I have gotten nothing but positive reactions thus far – what a relief. I have not had to come out to roommates since I was 18 years old and although I have been fairly fortunate with the reactions thus far, I hope that I don’t have to do it too many more times in my lifetime.
More will come on the move, school and my canoe trip soon…
