Since my last post, I have finished a lot of logistical stuff.
I got the paperwork on my loan-- actual mail from England.
I got my visa! And uploaded a copy to York. Once I get there, I have to present it to them (so they can photocopy it I presume). That was pretty exciting :)
Yesterday, I booked my plane ticket. So now I am actually leaving. Like I have a time and stuff. I'm leaving 27 September from MSP around 3. After a stop in Chicago, I will get to Manchester, England, around 8am on 28 September. Yay! After that, I have booked a spot on a shuttle thingy from Manchester to York.
I also sent a form to the postgraduate history department adviser for what classes I would like to take for my optional modules in fall and spring. He is out of the office until 2 September so I won't know really what class I'm taking until after that. Two of my three are mandatory, the third is optional.
Now all I need is luggage, to pack, figure out a cell phone, money, and all the little things that never seem like you need to pay attention to until... well, now.
Just over a month till I leave!
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Progress Report
It has been a while since I posted an update and a lot has happened. I suppose.
Today I complete my enrolment (yes, that is the British spelling). I accessed my York email address (but my Augie one still works, so no worries). I found out that my loan application was accepted (yay debt!). I mailed my visa application to New York. I got an email from my program director. And I keep learning more and more about what is actually going to happen.
And I have almost daily panic attacks. Not bad ones--only the kind that make me want to stop what I'm doing and watch TV or bake or idk anything that doesn't involve thinking of myself as, you know, like an adult, or a college graduate who is attending graduate school. So, yeah. It's fun.
But even with all the anxiety, I wouldn't trade anything. Seriously. I know it's going to be awesome and after like a week everything I worry about now will sound silly. Or at least that is what I'm told. Sometimes its hard to hear good advice over the sound my anxiety makes.
Whatevs. Everything is going well. But I still have bunches to do. Like get luggage and plane tickets and bedding and, well, lots of other stuff that I can't think of right now.
That's it for now!
Today I complete my enrolment (yes, that is the British spelling). I accessed my York email address (but my Augie one still works, so no worries). I found out that my loan application was accepted (yay debt!). I mailed my visa application to New York. I got an email from my program director. And I keep learning more and more about what is actually going to happen.
And I have almost daily panic attacks. Not bad ones--only the kind that make me want to stop what I'm doing and watch TV or bake or idk anything that doesn't involve thinking of myself as, you know, like an adult, or a college graduate who is attending graduate school. So, yeah. It's fun.
But even with all the anxiety, I wouldn't trade anything. Seriously. I know it's going to be awesome and after like a week everything I worry about now will sound silly. Or at least that is what I'm told. Sometimes its hard to hear good advice over the sound my anxiety makes.
Whatevs. Everything is going well. But I still have bunches to do. Like get luggage and plane tickets and bedding and, well, lots of other stuff that I can't think of right now.
That's it for now!
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