simplicity

maybe 6 weeks ago i decided i needed to simplify my life. so i cut off all my hair. it was a great decision.

now i need to simplify more things. i'm thinking of cutting off my source of income. but that would probably be more simple only in the very short term. farther down the road, i see it becoming quite complicated.

many people are probably tired of watching (or having to listen to) me cycle between "i hate my job, please let me leave" and "OK, I can live with this a little longer." those people will probably be happy to know that i am closer to actually breaking that cycle than i've ever been before--except maybe that time i was almost offered a job and then never heard back from the job people. but maybe that doesn't actually qualify as close. whatever, just take a look here.

no applications have been filed, but i can tell you, this is the most excited i have been about the idea of going back to school since ... oh, probably the summer in college when i worked at a bank. that was a good job to leave.

yeah, so i like what i've learned about the program, and i like the possibilities it opens up, including...gasp...doctoral work? and teaching? and...most importantly...summers off someday?

so if crazzazy lady calls me tomorrow with another made up reason that i want to destroy her life by doing my job, i'll tell her, "stuff it lady. i have options. and listening to you today is not one of them."

if you don't know about crazzazy lady, offer me a drink some time and i'll come over to tell you about her.