Still nothing but silence in the graduate school ether. I am sure it will be any day now but that's all I'm sure of. Just trying to keep myself occupied with other things for the time being.

This has been a tough week in general.

I find some relief when I remind myself of how fortunate I am right now. No everything is where I imagined it would be at this point in life, but I am healthy, I am working a job I really enjoy and making enough money to be okay. I am financially secure and smart and have managed to take care of myself and maintain independence in that sense. I have wonderfully supportive parents (especially my father) who have had my back for my entire life without question. I have a wonderful fiance (I hate that word, so perhaps I'll defer to 'future husband') whom I love and who loves me back and affirms that regularly in both action and words. I have wonderful friends whose presence in my life is truly a joy. I have a darling, furry little feline who greets me every day when I get home.

So I am dealing with the stress of not knowing what the year will hold for me-or even the next week for that matter. I am prepared to face life either way, whether my dream is accomplished this year or deferred for yet another one.