Last Day

Well, this is my last full day here. I'm meeting with another professor at noon, having lunch with Dr. F, and then going to dinner with two grad students and another prospective grad student who just recently arrived here.

Matt's presentation went pretty well yesterday. I got to see what it's like to be critiqued by your peers out here, and they all seem to really want each other to succeed.

Matt and his wife Beth and I watched the Exorcist last night for their five month anniversary. Bit creepy, that film.

Oh, and I just found out about the fellowship. Apparently, $500 of it will be deposited to my university account directly and can only be spent on books while the other $1000 will be distributed through my paycheck at the beginning of each semester for four semesters. Basically, that means I have to use $2000 of it on textbooks, etc. The rest I can use at my discretion. Either way, that's still freaking cool.

I'm getting pretty tired. I've seen a lot, and I have a lot of information to process over the next few days when I get back home. Dr. F has been very understanding, and has done everything possible to make sure I get some time by myself to process things and just to rest.

Tomorrow I fly out of Spokkane at or around 1:00 pm PT. I'll get back in KC around 7:00 pm CT. And then, the hard thinking really gets into motion.

I'm almost sad to leave here...

Also, thanks to my very dilligent roomate, I now have a new Grad School Update to bring you:

• Recieved a rejection letter from Wisconsin
• Also rejected from Arizona, Iowa, Oregon, Michigan
• Have yet to hear from Emory and Wash U in St. Louis (and I really don't care)
• Waiting list at Rice
• In at KU without financial support
• In at WSU with financial support...

Eight down, two to go. But I really don't care for the last two I'm waiting to hear from.

I love it when God makes things painfully obvious to you...