the much awaited offer letter...

So I got the TA appointment letter today. Finally I feel relieved! Up until today there was a sense of insecurity but it ran outta the window the second I read the letter. I have been assigned 2 subjects…but they’re quite closely related so I don’t think its gonna be a problem.
This means so much to me that I don’t have the words to express my mental and emotional state right now. I feel so…umm…not quite “honored”…but something around that. Special? Ummm….not quite…but something around that as well. The TA is the start of a career for me. I’ve always wanted to go into academia. What better than a TA? And that too, assisting one of the best professors in the University!! Man! When I think of it all on this level…the adrenaline rush is unbelievable!!
I want to do SO well on this assignment that I am compromising a little on the courses I am taking this Winter. I’m skipping the hardest subjects and am instead going in for a combo of one hard and one easy course so that I can devote good time to the students as a TA. That way, I can do my best to ensure another term as a TA…or at least I can try MY level best to get a TA…whether I get it or not is an entirely different deal. For me, its not about the money…its about testing the waters and to see if I am really cut out for my dream job. And if I am not cut out for it…I’ll metamorphose myself so that I DO become fit for it….coz its what I have worked so hard for!!
What else is new….oh yeah, a new idea has been doing rounds in my boyfriend’s mind! Getting engaged this summer! Is that extreme or what?? I don’t have a problem with that though…we were gonna get engaged next winter anyway…the sooner the better!! That way I can own him by June 2006!! Mwahahahaha!!! Wicked huh?? Thass me!!
Oh well, I should hit the sack now. I have cousins coming over tomorrow! Gotta wake up early and go grocery shopping (Ugh!)
G'night!