Well, I finally made it, and for those of you who have heard me talking in the last couple days (weeks) you might be surprised to hear that. Basically, If you ever decide that you want to be a full time student in the UK for an extended period of time, apply for your visa as early as possible and pray that is comes in time. My visa arrived on Friday morning at approximately 10am, mostly through the good grace of the UPS. I hadn't heard anything about the arrival or status of my visa until thursday evening at approximately 7pm. For those that don't know I was originally scheduled to leave on Friday afternoon. However, since I hadn't heard anything in weeks and was starting to get worried about getting a visa at all I was considering deferring til 2010 and all other sorts of things.
The good news is, of course, I did make it, and I didn't even have to pay for the one day change of my flight that came courtesy of bad weather in New York. So now, I am here in Scotland. I moved into the smallest room I have ever lived in, but it will do for a year, and my 10 person flat doesn't just have 1 bathroom which is GREAT NEWS! Most importantly I am about to embark on a MSc program in philosophy and I am a bit freaked out. I want to study philosophy of that I am sure, but this rigorous academics specifically in the one year master's sense of rigor I am a bit intimidated by.
Anyway, I have some poetic thought in my head about seeing the mists curling at the feet of the mountains here, but since I have been awake for quite awhile at this point and my brain is approximately mush I am going to just say adieu until tomorrow, and wish good times on everyone who might be reading.
Oh man, I almost forgot, if there is anything in particular you want to hear about let me know in the comments section and I will try to make that happen.
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Hurray!
ReplyDeleteGood to be anxious but try to put that energy into settling into your work and things will ease. It won't be easy but worthwhile endeavors rarely are.
I was struck overall by the smaller scale of things there but found it to be quite clever and efficient - made me realize how we take space for granted in US.
If you ever get a chance take a ride into northern England sometime - love the coastal town of Whitby, Yorkshire moors, walking on the Roman walls...