February 15th, 2005
like a gerbil in a cage
Over at Magic Cookie, CM and Janine and I have a little comments conversation going on that basically boils down to, “Hey! I’m stressed!”
Janine, specifically, used the word “tetchy.” And I am so glad she did, because that is exactly how I am feeling right now. And most of yesterday. And last week. Tetchy. That sums it up nicely.
It’s not just about the waiting—which sucks, but I’ve dealt with waiting before. No, there’s something about this whole process that has thrown me for a loop. Not only are we going back to school, but we’re also planning to uproot our lives—yet we don’t even know exactly how that’s going to play out! Even once we make a decision, we still have to sell our house. We still have to find an apartment somewhere in the city we’re moving to. We have get rid of some of our things, leave our jobs, take out loans, and the weight of all of it is driving me crazy.
I’m glad to know I’m not the only one. I just wish none of us were going through it.
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That’s what stag and I are here for, to remind you to at least be thankful that you got accepted somewhere and have a plan. Not to minimize your tetchiness, because I can sure understand that. I hope to join you in it soon!
p.s. Gerbils are awesome.
Overloaded Update
I’m in law school, although you may not always be able to tell from the content here. Often, I talk about anything but law school, which is because I often think about anything but law school, and I sometimes wonder if I should take that as a si…
For what it’s worth, the tetchiness passed (although, again, I do not have the stress of having to move and sell a house, but I do think that a portion of everyone’s stress *is* related just to the life change). I had to go to the law school campus for a class (they have some of the weekend/night classes there), so while I was in the bookstore getting the text I bought myself a law school t-shirt and told myself to stop being a ninny and enjoy the triumph.