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Never knew love like this could exist
Besides getting into a PhD program (!!!! :D), today was pretty ridiculously awesome!
I first headed into my high school again to see one teacher I hadn't gotten to before. We had a lovely chat over some tea and it was really great. It was just as we were saying goodbye that I got the call from Michigan, so I got a huge happy hug from her and it was lovely.
After that, I went upstairs and met up with my CORYN!!!! She was my best friend in high school, and an absolute darling of a girl. We sat down and chatted for over an hour about anything and everything. Including the new X-Files movie :D We were ridiculous about XFiles and Mulder and Scully together in high school, we were so silly! And she was like "Do Mulder and Scully hook up??" cause she hasnt seen it yet, haha. I really missed her! It was so wonderful to catch up. She's studying for the LSATs right now and planning to apply to law school! Crazy!
I also got to have a great chat with one of my teachers from EIGHTH GRADE. He's a really sweet guy, and was so earnestly interested in everything I'm doing. I mostly dropped by to ask him about the summer school at my old school that he's run for the past few years, and to see if there might be a possibility of my getting a job there this summer. He said there is! He isn't running it anymore but he told me to email the guy who is and tell him I talked to him. So that's a nice possibility!
THEN, when I left the school, I decided to drive home by the back roads instead of the highway for nostalgia's sake. I've gone on those roads thousands of times in my childhood, so driving them was almost instinctive for me. Until, that is, I got to Norwalk, where our path changed several times when we moved so I couldn't remember where to go! I just kind of kept driving, and ended up in my OLD old neighborhood, by the house I grew up in, ages 4-12. I loved that house. So I dropped by my street (a short, steep dead end - so many memories tied up in that little stretch of pavement) and noticed that my old neighbor's lights were on. There was this boy who lived next door, Sean, with his single mom. He was 2 years younger than me and we were attached at the hip for years. So I stopped and kind of chewed my lip for a while, then decided what the hell and pulled into their driveway. I knocked on the door and a small woman answered. "Are you Susan ______?" I asked. "Yes?" she said, confused. "I'm Anne _____, I used to live next door?" Her face lit with recognition and she said "Yes, wow, come in!"
It was more than I could have hoped for. We chatted, surprised and smiling, for a minute, and then she called upstairs, "Sean, guess who's here!" And as he came thumping down the stairs, "Anne _____!" "No way," said a deep, masculine voice, and then Sean rounded the corner. Sean. The scrawny kid I remember is now built like a truck, but in a very pleasant way. He's not terribly tall, but he's very solid and muscular and lean, and holy crap handsome. I was treated to a lovely hug, and then we all just stood around talking for about half an hour! I told them what I've done with my life, and they told me about theirs, and it was just really lovely. They're great people. I'm so glad I worked up the nerve to knock on the door. It brought back lots of memories being in their little house, and now Sean isn't just a vague figure from my childhood anymore. We're even friends on Facebook now!
So THAT was my day! I got into two graduate schools (well, one's a provisional acceptance) and saw lots of old friends. All in all I'd call it a win :)
Thank you all for your very sweet enthusiasm, by the way. It really warms the cockles of my heart! ♥
I first headed into my high school again to see one teacher I hadn't gotten to before. We had a lovely chat over some tea and it was really great. It was just as we were saying goodbye that I got the call from Michigan, so I got a huge happy hug from her and it was lovely.
After that, I went upstairs and met up with my CORYN!!!! She was my best friend in high school, and an absolute darling of a girl. We sat down and chatted for over an hour about anything and everything. Including the new X-Files movie :D We were ridiculous about XFiles and Mulder and Scully together in high school, we were so silly! And she was like "Do Mulder and Scully hook up??" cause she hasnt seen it yet, haha. I really missed her! It was so wonderful to catch up. She's studying for the LSATs right now and planning to apply to law school! Crazy!
I also got to have a great chat with one of my teachers from EIGHTH GRADE. He's a really sweet guy, and was so earnestly interested in everything I'm doing. I mostly dropped by to ask him about the summer school at my old school that he's run for the past few years, and to see if there might be a possibility of my getting a job there this summer. He said there is! He isn't running it anymore but he told me to email the guy who is and tell him I talked to him. So that's a nice possibility!
THEN, when I left the school, I decided to drive home by the back roads instead of the highway for nostalgia's sake. I've gone on those roads thousands of times in my childhood, so driving them was almost instinctive for me. Until, that is, I got to Norwalk, where our path changed several times when we moved so I couldn't remember where to go! I just kind of kept driving, and ended up in my OLD old neighborhood, by the house I grew up in, ages 4-12. I loved that house. So I dropped by my street (a short, steep dead end - so many memories tied up in that little stretch of pavement) and noticed that my old neighbor's lights were on. There was this boy who lived next door, Sean, with his single mom. He was 2 years younger than me and we were attached at the hip for years. So I stopped and kind of chewed my lip for a while, then decided what the hell and pulled into their driveway. I knocked on the door and a small woman answered. "Are you Susan ______?" I asked. "Yes?" she said, confused. "I'm Anne _____, I used to live next door?" Her face lit with recognition and she said "Yes, wow, come in!"
It was more than I could have hoped for. We chatted, surprised and smiling, for a minute, and then she called upstairs, "Sean, guess who's here!" And as he came thumping down the stairs, "Anne _____!" "No way," said a deep, masculine voice, and then Sean rounded the corner. Sean. The scrawny kid I remember is now built like a truck, but in a very pleasant way. He's not terribly tall, but he's very solid and muscular and lean, and holy crap handsome. I was treated to a lovely hug, and then we all just stood around talking for about half an hour! I told them what I've done with my life, and they told me about theirs, and it was just really lovely. They're great people. I'm so glad I worked up the nerve to knock on the door. It brought back lots of memories being in their little house, and now Sean isn't just a vague figure from my childhood anymore. We're even friends on Facebook now!
So THAT was my day! I got into two graduate schools (well, one's a provisional acceptance) and saw lots of old friends. All in all I'd call it a win :)
Thank you all for your very sweet enthusiasm, by the way. It really warms the cockles of my heart! ♥
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My uncle lives in Ann Arbor, so I've been there a lot actually. I visited him this December and he took me on a tour of the campus and downtown. It's so lovely! I think i would really like it there :)
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okay as for bars - the best one, IMHO, is Charley's. fish bowls galore are served there AND that's where most people go. people go out thursday - saturday/sunday here like any other college, even though it's very very cold once winter hits. we suck it up and trudge out anyway!
and there's LOTS of bars nearby, if Charley's is full (there's almost always a long line unless you get there early). South University is the street that most of these bars sit on, including Charley's, and you'll be familiar with it soon enough because that's where most of the stores are where you can get books, coursepacks, school supplies, etc. Blue Leprechaun is our brand-new bar on South U. that's gorrrrgeous and has an upstairs & downstairs bar...Rick's is nearby off of South U. and is renowned because it has a big dance floor, is always packed on thursday nights, and most of the sorostitutes go there, haha. Rick's is fun just to dance around and be ridiculous, while Blue Lep & Charley's are sit-down restaurant/bars that are nice.
there's a few more awesome bars like Ashley's and 5th Quarter and The Little Brown Jug, but I don't want to overwhelm you with too much bar information, lol. sorry, i got excited!
as for social culture NOT involving bars and drinking, haha, everyone's great. you get the usual stereotypical sorority girls - they'll be the ones constantly wearing Ugg boots with sweatpants or tights, and they'll have North Face fleeces, and huge tote bags and huge sunglasses. this is the stereotype that everyone at Michigan has come to accept, so much that one of our campus a capella singing groups wrote a song called "North Face Girl" and sung it to the tune of Uptown Girl. very amusing haha.
but, i have never met anyone here who hasn't been easy to talk to. ever. it's a large enough school that people are used to making new friends all the time, and it's not TOO large to the point where no one cares anymore. if you strike up a convo with the girl sitting next to you in class on the first day, then you automatically have a friend in that class for the rest of the semester. i really like the social atmosphere. not to mention, it helps that most people will be worried about the assignments in class and are more than happy to make study buddy friends!
SO, that was really long and i'm not sure how helpful it was since i went off on a tangent, but there's a small overview. :) any other questions, just ask away! i seriously love my school, i really hope you come here.
if you want to know anything else, my email is kerrow@umich.edu. feel free to email me anytime! :)
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