"He got off! He got off! He got off!"

- Fred, George, & Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (right after Harry was dismissed from his bogus misuse of magic trial)

I got in! I GOT IN! I GOT IN!!!!!!!

::Breathe:: So, I was super nervous when I checked my professional email account & saw that the Grad Studies at BYU had made its decision, but I'd have to log in to another site to see it. I even said a little prayer to be at peace with the university's decision & know what to do from there.... take strength in my new course. I have been on edge all month as I've been waiting to hear back from them. But now..... Hallelujah! I get to go to grad school, like I've wanted to since I was a little girl. Granted, when I was really little I always figured my graduate education would be in medical school where I would become a veterinarian, but in a way working with public policy is fairly close to that... & not just in the joking way, but in the sense that you're working towards healing the nation through politics & policy, & of course, economics. I'm rather excited, as it means I know where I'll be for the next two years, & I have a much better look at what I'll be doing with the rest of my life. This is mega-huge, so big that I can't even seem to write in my typical fashion....

Seeing that accepted thingy in the window of my computer box really made me giddy. I want to do something fun right now. If it weren't for the fact that running for recreation makes no sense to me, I'd be out doing a marathon right now! Okay, maybe not. But if I had a trampoline I'd be jumping super high. Come to think of it, there's a park behind my house with swings; I think I can celebrate by swinging enthusiastically for a half hour. But probably not that long-- this *is* Utah, & you can't be too sure about when a nice, partly cloudy day will turn into a snowstorm... Eeeeee, I'm so happy!