Overwhelmed

The past few days have been a whirlwind.  Here's why.  OK.  Let me do a little prefacing.

As you may know, I'd decided not to go get an MFA in Directing when I finish the Storytelling program.

As you may NOT know, the Storytelling program is set up so that I could take no classes this fall and spring, take classes in the summer, and graduate then.

SO- OK, I'll make a long story short.  On Saturday morning I was told by an old friend that Florida State may have an opening in their MFA Directing program for next year.  The head of the program wasn't sure what he'd do if the last accepted person declined.  Then he told my friend, who had mentioned me, that I should submit a resume.  I just want to point out here that I've never contacted the school, not even for a brochure.

So I sent a resume.  Yesterday morning, I got an email saying that if it turned out there were an opening, they'd be contacting me in the next few days.  I got a phone call this morning... and I'm going to Florida next week to meet with them on Tuesday afternoon.

So- I know I'm starting every paragraph with so: bite me- um, one of the best schools in the country for what I've ALWAYS wanted to do with my life basically contacted me out of the blue, and if all goes well, I'll be moving to Florida in August.  Eric would stay here till next summer to finish his degree, I'd come back to finish my current degree program,  sell or rent the house, then he'd come to FL to join me.

SO- I've got a lot to do.  Gotta get letters of rec, apply to the university, get transcripts sent, take the GRE on FRIDAY (no time to waste), replace a bent wheel on my car, all sorts of things.  There's a lot of kismet going on. Every time I start to freak out about some aspect of this, something IMMEDIATELY happens to negate the freaking out.  For instance, I said, "I'm not completely sure I can afford to go to Florida next week!  Gas is insane!"  God said, "Oh, I didn't tell you, but I just had citibank increase your credit limit.  By enough to finance FOUR trips to Florida. Try not to use it." I'm just shocked and overwhelmed.  And EXTREMELY excited.

Wish me luck. Cross your fingers, and hope for orange juice, hurricanes, and palmetto trees.