I should be writing my grad school application essay.  The deadline is November 1, which is Saturday. 

S A T U R D A Y

You’d think, given that it is Wednesday (technically Thursday morning), that I would be working on it.  You’d think.  I can’t decide if my lack of initiative is a reflection of a) my apathy about grad school, b) my inability to decide whether to pursue a MA in English or Humanities or c) just another sign of a creative mind (like a messy desk, which I also have). 

A) I’m not apathetic about grad school, just the application process.  I live to learn, love to learn, want to learn.  A mind is a terrible thing to waste and all that.  I love academia, I love writing papers (I admit I’m a little twisted), I love cute professors and Starbucks coffee (that last is not a tangent, there is a Starbucks at ODU).  However, since it took me twelve years and four colleges to finish my undergrad education, I am sick of the paperwork involved.  I just want to magically apply and be accepted and start attending classes.  Is that too much to ask?  Truly?

B) The fact that I cannot decide between the MA in English and the MA in Humanities should bother me more this close to the deadline.  And yet, it doesn’t.  Mostly because I’m not returning to school for any other reason than I like school.  The Humanities degree interests me because I can pretty much design my own program with classes in a variety of disciplines.  However, just because I don’t intend to use my degree any time soon doesn’t mean that I don’t want it to have some practical use down the road.  For some reason, a MA in Humanities strikes me as being about as valuable as a degree in Philosophy.  Which is to say, not very.  So, I’ll probably end up an English major, again.  Sigh.

C) Creative minds are messy, procrastinating minds.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

So, when they say the deadline is November 1, do you think they mean they have to receive my application by November 1 or that it has to be postmarked by November 1?  The answer to that question could determine how soon I go to bed.

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