Okay. Before I go on, I really just want to say this: I have thought this through. I've thought about this long and hard for about a week now, and I've weighed the pros and the cons so much that I gave myself a headache. I've made up my mind.
I'm taking a break before grad school.
I know! What a crazy, stupid idea --- I've worked so hard, and my dream has always been to just power through college so I can focus on what I really want to do, but I've been presented with the opportunity to participate in a program that makes my bones shake! It's a chance to do what I love and accumilate experience for my resume, I can't just let it pass me up! Field work is priceless in this profession! The more digs I go on, better my chances of succeeding. It would be career suicide to say no, and my career hasn't even started!
My mom isn't too happy about this. I called to let her know, and she ended up screaming at me for 20 minutes over the phone about how I'm wasting my life, and how it's not what I need. I hung up on her, I feel kind of bad about that. She's not the only one who disapproves though, I called Francis too. He says I shouldn't go, or that I should at least postpone until he finds a new place to live. I feel so bad about not being able to give him a heads-up, but what could I have done? This was a surprise to me, too!
Jeez. Who knew following my dreams would be such a pain?
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