The Pros and Cons of It

Wow! Two posts in one week. That is fantastic for me. Thus far spring break has consisted of work, a trip to IC to visit cousin and fiance, which was very fun, and sleep. I think my phone has rang twice since last Thursday. Maybe a few on Saturday because that is when Michael left and that is about all. I am patiently awaiting the call from the golf store to tell me that my new sticks are in. I was hoping to have them by now so I could go go the bubble and use them when I get off work tomorrow. I was off at 8:00 tonight. Nothing too interesting to report on. The people I talk to haven't been working the same shifts I have so it has been hard to catch up with them. Most of the things we talk about you wouldn't want to know about anyway so I wont bore you. As I get told enough from Michael, he really doesn't care what happens at work. This is why I find it funny that every night he asks me how work was. Owell, his problem.

As for the trip to IC, it was fun. A good chance to get away from DSM for awhile. My sister and I left Tuesday afternoon after I got off work. I had to be at HyVee at 6:00 AM on Tuesday morning! The last time I was up that early I got right back on a bus headed for CR and slept once we got on 380. Needless to say, IT SUCKED! Tonight Dave, my boss, called about an hour after I got there and told asked me what they had left for me to do today. When I told him that the morning help had gone home early because there was nothing to do he promptly told me to go to the way back of the freezer and pull out some pies. This would be ok it it weren't the way back of the freezer and there weren't 15 metal bakery racks in the way. So I had to pull every rack out while freezing my hands off. After 15 minutes of digging and rearranging, I finally got the pies and went back to the bakery. As I approached, Carrie, the cake decorator, said, "Sure glad you're the one who looks cold and not me!" So I took my popcicle fingers and stuck them on her face. She wasn't so smug after that. And once I started pulling pies I realized that I hadn't gotten all the different types, I wasn't going back into the freezer though so I will just get them tomorrow.

I did do something for me at work however. I called Mikey about 3:00 and asked him when he was coming home. As he was talking to me he was filling up the van to come home. Which puts him in DSM about 1:00 - 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. I believe. As lame as this sounds, it is really hard to go a week without someone that you are used to either seeing, or talking to everyday. Sometimes when we are both busy or we have just seen each other we don't call, but most nights we at least exchange a "good night" before retiring to bed. So, I was very excited to hear that he will be home a day earlier than expected. I really want to hang out with him tomorrow night because I don't have to work til 8:00 but as my mom did point out his mother would probably like to see him first. As my dad said, "yeah, but who do you think he would rather see...?" Case and point. Although Michael did say that if we hung out tomorrow night we would be with his family. Which isn't bad. I have played cards with his dad and little brother and him plenty of times, it is fun.

But anywho, on to the subject that has been plaguing me since this summer. Where is GRANDE going to attend college next year. It is between Wartburg and the U of Minnesota. I think that since I really have nothing else better to do, I will hash out my pro/con list right here. That way all of you, when I finally decide, will know what I did what I did. It will save you lots of questions and it will save me from having to answer them.

WARTBURG:
+ Closer to home
+ Smaller, more of a community feel on the campus
+ lower cost of living
+ good study abroad, required for major or minor in Spanish
+ Wartburg West which would send me to CO.
- in a small town, BUT CF is right down the road
+ I get my car
- not as prestigious of a name
+ great education
+ promise of getting out in four years
+ Baranowski's and other assorted family
+ mention of great participation in intramural sports at visit
- older, but I guess more history
+ indoor walkways between buildings


MINNESOTA:
+ prestigious name, Carlson is very difficult to get in to
- NO CAR!!!
+ Close friends right down the road
- large, not as much of a community feel
+ great education
- no promise of getting out in four years
+ in a large metropolitan area with lots of internship opps.
- farther from home; NO CAR!
- no mention of intramural sports at visit
+ newer, more up to date business building and PEC
- sub-zero temps ALL THE TIME!
- campus that takes a 2 hours walking tour of
- cost of living

When it comes down to it I think I know where I want to go. I have about a month to decide where I am going to actually go. When I look at some of my friends I am envious because they already know where they want to go. They know what they want to do with their lives and I am stuck in this rut that has been stressing me out for months now. My head right now if full of "what ifs." What if I make the wrong decision? What if I still don't get a job after I graduate? What if I go and find out I really don't want to do business after all? What if....

It is late and I have to work early tomorrow. Please feel free to leave any comments about my list. I can use all the help I can get. However, I only need the constructive comments, please don't trash one school or another as I think highly of both and really just need to straighten out some things in my head. It would be good to hear some other thoughts though so don't be shy...