Have I already found it?

Those of you who know me know how long I've been whining to myself about how hard it is to apply to grad school.

You have, in fact, thought to yourself many times, "What the heck! She's talking about it again! I swear--I wish she would just shut up about it already!"

(Yeesh, you guys are mean.)

I've struggled, asking myself if this is what I really want, wondered if my essay was good enough, deciding it wasn't, writing version after version of pathetic attempts to impress admissions boards, and finally today, I just felt sick of it.

Sick, I tell you.

So I decided to revisit my first essay, look it over, and see what needed improvement. And do you know what I found?

(No. Because I haven't told you yet. Hah, I say! Hah!)

Erm.

I found that the essay is pretty darn close to what I want it to be. It is, I imagine, how White Ninja feels in this comic:

(This image (click on it to get a better view) was stolen unceremoniously from White Ninja Comics. Never say I don't give credit.)

In short, I think I may be more ready to submit grad school applications than I thought I was. Except the problem is, I don't know how much more tweaking my essay needs. But I'll get it tweaked. And I'll tweak it good.

And then I'll just have to do that last official line-up for my letters of recommendation! Which should be easy, but I hate doing that too.

Aw, shoot.