TigerXero
12-19-2007, 02:00 AM
*Warning* I apologize for any bragging/show-offiness that may appear when I'm talking about future plans. I just wanted to share, not brag, and I'm not sure how well I did that because it's so early in the morning which = tiredness. *End Warning*
Hello! I was just wanting to share that my boyfriend of... um... *counts* 1 year and five months just found out that's he been accepted early decision to my school! And he's getting $44,000 in need based aid! Woohoo~ Especially since the school cost $52,000 annually. (I wish I was receiving that much aid :'(.)
Oh, and I go to the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University. I'm double majoring in (1) Medicine, Health, and Society and (2) Psychology (and somehow learning Japanese... possibly minoring with classes at a community/state college in the summer... where its cheaper!). He'll be coming here to major in some field of Chemistry and possibly French (or at least those are his current plans... he hasn't gone through the changing your intended major phase as lots of students do when they come to college).
It's really exciting because this basically guarantees that we will stay together for the next three years (versus what might have happened had he gone to schools in Texas, New York, even Georgia)! Hopefully, when we eventually go off to graduate school, the added stability we'll have built up over the three years will make it easier to deal with the distance. We were worried about the detriment distance would have on the relationship, but no more! ^_^ We love each other so much, are so compatible, and build upon each other so much that I'm really, really, REALLY excited distance will not be an issue! We both think we're meant for each other (as does his mom :D), and our families are starting to learn about our relationship and it's going okay/well so far (jump to bottom of post for a cool story).
And... just because I'm on a roll and feel like it, I wanted to add that I want to go on to Medical School ('maybe' join the Navy and join the Medical Corps {given DADT is repealed} to help pay for Medical School, possibly stay for the benefits of not having to pay for malpractice insurance among others) and possibly earn a Medical Degree in... perhaps some specialty of Internal Medicine, or possibly Pediatrics... I haven't really decided yet. My boyfriend wants to go on and earn a Ph.D., I'm assuming in Chemistry. Of course, all of this is given we don't have a change of heart in our plans along the way, but yeah... We're very ambitious and have a long education ahead of us (eep!). It's nice that we've secured our relationship (given nothing terribly unexpected happens) for at least the next three years.
OH! AAAAAAAND, there's plenty of work to do at the University itself dealing with Queer issues (is that okay if I say that instead of GLBT?). Vanderbilt is ranked at the extreme bottom of gay friendly schools by the US News and World Report. There's some great efforts underway by students to begin changing this, so it will be amazing to be able to work toward these things as a couple in school.
Okay, so here's a cool story that I referenced above and said to jump down here to read. My boyfriend came to my paternal family's Thanksgiving as a friend, although apparently a good number of people already knew by one means or another about our relationship. It ended up going very well with everyone getting along and getting to know each other wonderfully. He enjoyed the family (and said it wasn't nearly as crazy as his), and I learned something pretty interesting after it was all said and done with: Every year, it appears that a particular family is gifted the wishbone from the turkey that is carved up for Thanksgiving by my dad's family. Well, apparently my boyfriend was slipped the wishbone for this year when we were leaving. What a surprise! There's a lot more to this story that I'm skimming over, but needless to say, it's great to feel so integrated into the family, at least so far. Okay... so... *takes breath* I guess that's all.
Hello! I was just wanting to share that my boyfriend of... um... *counts* 1 year and five months just found out that's he been accepted early decision to my school! And he's getting $44,000 in need based aid! Woohoo~ Especially since the school cost $52,000 annually. (I wish I was receiving that much aid :'(.)
Oh, and I go to the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University. I'm double majoring in (1) Medicine, Health, and Society and (2) Psychology (and somehow learning Japanese... possibly minoring with classes at a community/state college in the summer... where its cheaper!). He'll be coming here to major in some field of Chemistry and possibly French (or at least those are his current plans... he hasn't gone through the changing your intended major phase as lots of students do when they come to college).
It's really exciting because this basically guarantees that we will stay together for the next three years (versus what might have happened had he gone to schools in Texas, New York, even Georgia)! Hopefully, when we eventually go off to graduate school, the added stability we'll have built up over the three years will make it easier to deal with the distance. We were worried about the detriment distance would have on the relationship, but no more! ^_^ We love each other so much, are so compatible, and build upon each other so much that I'm really, really, REALLY excited distance will not be an issue! We both think we're meant for each other (as does his mom :D), and our families are starting to learn about our relationship and it's going okay/well so far (jump to bottom of post for a cool story).
And... just because I'm on a roll and feel like it, I wanted to add that I want to go on to Medical School ('maybe' join the Navy and join the Medical Corps {given DADT is repealed} to help pay for Medical School, possibly stay for the benefits of not having to pay for malpractice insurance among others) and possibly earn a Medical Degree in... perhaps some specialty of Internal Medicine, or possibly Pediatrics... I haven't really decided yet. My boyfriend wants to go on and earn a Ph.D., I'm assuming in Chemistry. Of course, all of this is given we don't have a change of heart in our plans along the way, but yeah... We're very ambitious and have a long education ahead of us (eep!). It's nice that we've secured our relationship (given nothing terribly unexpected happens) for at least the next three years.
OH! AAAAAAAND, there's plenty of work to do at the University itself dealing with Queer issues (is that okay if I say that instead of GLBT?). Vanderbilt is ranked at the extreme bottom of gay friendly schools by the US News and World Report. There's some great efforts underway by students to begin changing this, so it will be amazing to be able to work toward these things as a couple in school.
Okay, so here's a cool story that I referenced above and said to jump down here to read. My boyfriend came to my paternal family's Thanksgiving as a friend, although apparently a good number of people already knew by one means or another about our relationship. It ended up going very well with everyone getting along and getting to know each other wonderfully. He enjoyed the family (and said it wasn't nearly as crazy as his), and I learned something pretty interesting after it was all said and done with: Every year, it appears that a particular family is gifted the wishbone from the turkey that is carved up for Thanksgiving by my dad's family. Well, apparently my boyfriend was slipped the wishbone for this year when we were leaving. What a surprise! There's a lot more to this story that I'm skimming over, but needless to say, it's great to feel so integrated into the family, at least so far. Okay... so... *takes breath* I guess that's all.