It is supposed to be hard.
That is what one of my profs says in response to anyone’s complaints about …well… pretty much anything.
If it weren’t hard, then what would be the point? If grad school were easy, everyone would do it, and there would be no value to having that piece of paper that says you pulled it off.
For us older students - mature, returning, non-traditional, adult - whatever term turns your crank will do …. going back to school tends to be even harder than for the younger folk. We have to juggle a whole lot more - kids, husbands, finances, jobs, etc. etc…. and when we are all done, we will have less time in which to work and make our edumacation pay for itself.
If I keep going and get my PhD, I will be at least 50 if not older by the time I finish… so I won’t have nearly as many years left to work …but what the heck - either way, I’ll have the same number of years left to work, right? Might as well set myself up to spend those years doing something that I love - and that pays pretty darn well, too, really. At least that is the plan.
Sure hope I get into a PhD program! That is the next step - have to get through my MA first though, I s’pose
And my chances would be quite a bit better if I actually got the apps in the mail… still waiting on my reference letters though …
They’re done - one set should be in the mail, and the other, I need to pick up at the college.
We went there today, but no one with a key was there to give them to me. Sucked - especially because as we were leaving, having given up for today, a car pulled out of a parking lot without looking and if Ross hadn’t pulled hard to the right to get out of his way, he would have totally destroyed the front passenger side of our less-than-a-month-old van! Fortunately, he did manage to avoid getting hit - but in the process we sort of ended up going up onto the top of a snowbank, where we sat, within inches of the sign he somehow managed to miss, for more than an hour.
I am SO not impressed with our insurance company. When I called to switch the insurance from the Cavelier to the new van, the guy I talked to was really intent on talking me into extras - one of which I actually took - emergency roadside assistance.
So - we pay for it, we need a tow truck to pull us off of a snowbank - simple, right?
Not!
The guy was impossible. Took more than 40 minutes of crap - policy number isn’t working, etc, etc, etc…. and eventually, after all that time, he put me back on hold and then came back and said “well, we have your policy up but it doesn’t show your vehicle so I can’t help you”
This is the ONLY vehicle that we’ve had the roadside plan FOR…. what the HECK!?
I was livid!
What the heck are we paying for?
Me, I want to call them tomorrow and demand they remove the roadside assistance plan and give us our money back; I will go back to CAA - Ross doesn’t want me to cancel it though …wants to wait until we receive the cheque for the car, which should have been here by now. We’ll see… but either way they WILL be hearing from me.