Tonight I filled out the response card and wrote the check for GW. And that's when the fear set in. For every bit of excitement there is over going to grad school, there's twice as much fear about the possibility of failure and financial ruin. I just have to keep telling myself that everything is going to work out. Somewhat like the beginning of undergrad, this doesn't seem even remotely real. I think that I still believed into my second year of college that I would end up dropping out and moving home. The trouble with that is that I'll only have two years of grad school. I simply can't believe how much it costs.

Two months seems so long and so short at the same time. I have to sit through that much time with my boss, but I only have that long to figure out where I'll be living and how I'll be paying for it. Instructions: Remove safety net. Try not scream. Fly. I can do that, right?