I now have at pages upon pages of notes dealing with every “what if” and intricacy of up to 8 different plans all based on cash manipulation, rent possibilities, savings, job options, housing options, residencies, fellowships, grad school options if I get in, whether or not I can have my parents old car, and presence of partner.

I dunno…I feel…a little better after mapping it all out, but I still feel like I’m just holding my breath on a precipice, waiting

So I’m down to one california school, but I’m doing my damnedest to stay in the bay area for the summer. Or at least Norcal, if I don’t get into a school- one of my professors says he knows a guy with a residency up in norcal that he’d be willing to put in a good word for me about….I mean, that’d be a totally cool adventure to go on, but I just sort of pray that I won’t need to