# Wow, I'm glad that's over. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-glad-thats-over/220264 "2003-12-21T03:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-glad-thats-over/220264/1 "2003-12-21T03:50:16Z")
Two days ago I pulled myself together and mailed off all of my grad school applications. Even the one that wasn’t due until the middle of February. I finished it just as my family was coming to pick me up to take me home for winter break- my mom said that she hadn’t heard me talking that fast in years. I was pretty much bouncing off of the walls. I feel like a huge weight has come off of me. It’s been a hard three months; I had to basically drop off the planet for awhile and I hate doing that. Now I’m at home for one of my very brief visits and I find myself with a stretch of time that for once needs to be filled. I think I’m going to read heavily. And see Return of the King. And maybe sleep; I hear it’s good for me. I guess this is my backhanded way of telling those of you that I AIM with that I’ll actually have time to talk again. And go to dopefests. And that sort of thing. So now there’s nothing left to do but wait, really, and try to banish misfortune as best as I can. Anyone who feels like joining me is more than welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-glad-thats-over/220264/2 "2003-12-21T03:56:04Z")
Welcome back to the dark side **andygirl**! Sit back, relax, and enjoy what time you have left before grad school things start getting in the way of your Daily Dose of Dope[sup]TM[/sup]. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-glad-thats-over/220264/3 "2003-12-21T04:21:57Z")
My evil plan for the evening is to stay up half the night and then sleep in. I was pulling insane shifts at work before I left, and now it’s all just stopped. Wow. Still a little in shock here, I guess. Never looked forward to winter so much as I was this past three months. Social life ahoy! ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-glad-thats-over/220264/4 "2003-12-21T04:34:25Z")
I just graduated from my ugrad degree, and I’m enjoying getting back into dope after 4 months off. Hooray for summer vacation and freedom before starting postgrad study (got my acceptance letter yesterday - Hooray, more debt!) and starting life in the RealWorld ™ doing a RealJob. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-im-glad-thats-over/220264/5 "2003-12-21T18:10:33Z")
See, phraser, this is why one goes to grad school. I figure if I can lock myself into academia for the rest of my life I may be able to skip the real world entirely! Victory will be mine! MBWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!