Wednesday, June 18, 2014

June 17, 2014

This morning I drove down with my mom and sister for my graduate school interview. My mom drove because she knew where she was going and thankfully my sister came along because my mom almost missed a turn at one point. In her defense, it was a very sneaky turn.

The plan was to get there early so we could eat lunch first, and we drove around for awhile trying to pick a place to eat but I really wasn't hungry. I think I was too nervous. We ended up stopping at Sonic for more of a snack than lunch and I got tater tots. Thankfully my stomach handled them.

When we got to the library we only tried to open one locked door before finding the front door so that wasn't too bad. My mom and sister followed the bathroom sign downstairs and I went up to the reference desk to get directions to the library school. I also asked where the restroom was and when she told me it was around the corner and should be the first door on the left, I got a laugh out of her when I asked just in case if it would have a little man on the door. Turns out it didn't but there was one next to the door so I figured it out.

I found the director's office without problem and after waiting a moment outside for her to finish a phone call I walked in and we got things started. It turned out to be a pretty laid back conversation more than an interview. She said she liked my paper and that I sounded just like a librarian. A little later she was describing how librarians are when it comes to libraries, being more humble and quiet and not always the best advocates for libraries, and her description sounded just like me. She asked me about my hobbies and I told her about my craft stuff but also mentioned the obvious one, reading. When she asked me what I was reading I was very thankful I took the time to write down a list yesterday. She hadn't heard of several of them but she is a fan of Bill Bryson so that was cool. A lot of time was spent going over the curriculum and answering the questions I had. A couple of which she didn't have answers for but she wrote them down because she said they were really good questions. The whole thing was just nice, not nerve-racking at all. And at the end of it, she said she would need to send the official forms over to the graduate office but I had been accepted and she welcomed me to the program. It almost felt like me getting in was a given but I'm pretty sure I could have blown it in one way or another so I was still very excited to get in.

When I got out of the interview I walked outside and turned on my phone to see where my mom and sister were. It turns out the timing was perfect because they were about to sit down in the lobby when they looked up and saw me walking outside. They spent the hour and a half during the interview driving around town and shopping at a few stores, including the massive four-store mall.

At this point we were all hungry, and they found out there was a Spangles nearby, home of my new favorite fries, so we went there. They aren't a very veggie-friendly place but I ended up getting fries and a grilled cheese sandwich because I felt I needed something more than a side salad. I haven't had a grilled cheese sandwich in years, and I wasn't ever a big fan of them because I usually had the Velveeta variety, but this one had two types of cheese and it was pretty good. I also had an orange juice slush which reminded me of the orange juice popsicles my grandma made when we were kids.

After our late lunch / early dinner, we drove back to town. It is about an hour and a half drive that is really pretty and pure Kansas most of the way. I'm going to have to get used to it because I got back for orientation in August and then I'll have four visits the first and second semesters, with two visits each semester after that. But, I should be able to finish in two years if I take classes during the summer.

When I got home I was exhausted and spent the rest of my night watching World Cup games. The Brazil v. Mexico game was really fun to watch. No goals were scored but it certainly wasn't from a lack of trying. Mexico's goalie saved the day six times which apparently the most blocks since the '50s or '60s. It was impressive.


And now I am going to go to bed. Tomorrow is going to be a long day at work but I'm looking forward to reading. At some point I need to get my cross stitching underway. I kind of stopped in the middle of my Snitch. I'll get back to it eventually.

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