Dec 06 2008
Continuing On…
‘Tis the season…
…for the filling out of applications for grad school for next fall.
If I want to go on and do a PhD, I need to hop to and get my applications filled out.
I am having a very hard time with that right now.
Because of the car accident I had last week, I am now dependent on others to drive me wherever I need to go.
Although it might be possible that I will get my licence back eventually, it is unlikely to be an easy process, nor is it going to happen anywhere near quickly enough.
And even though hubby SAYS that he’s willing to do the driving and support my continuing to go to school, he most assuredly does not mean what he says; he’s made that more than clear.
It just doesn’t seem worth jumping through the hoops, paying the money, spending the time to even bother filling out the applications.
At this point, I don’t even know whether I will be able to get through this next semester of the program I am in already.
Given that his willingness to drive me only lasted a week, I don’t see it.
I honestly don’t.
Perhaps I should be exploring online options 
Hon, I’m so sorry.
nope, Patricia… no such luck …I have to apply to Phd programs - and the one offered at the University I now attend does not have a plain ol’ English Phd program, although they do have one in Canadian Studies which might well suit, if they can support my research interests. Meeting with the director there this Thursday.
My next attractive option is at York University - it is doable in terms of travel time; could actually take the GOTrain from Barrie (40 minutes South of here).
If I stop now, it will be because I haven’t any other choice - there are no buses out here and without a licence, hubby has a whole lot more to say about whether I continue on than I do. And besides that, I’m already approaching 50 … if I don’t do it now, I don’t imagine I ever will.
*sigh* far easier said than done in some situations, Carol