Christmas Parties and Graduate Studies

It's official, all of my applications to graduate school have been completed and sent. Now comes the hardest part, the waiting. Tom Petty couldn't have said it better in my opinion,

"The waiting is the hardest part, every day you take one more card, you take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is the hardest part."

Of course, most people would assume that the hardest part would be making the decision as to which school to attend, but for me, poor ol' impatient me, its the agonizing waiting period. I wont hear back from Kansas or Colorado until at the earliest, late February but it could be at late as April. I know already got accepted to the University of Texas at Arlington, and my father is so set on me going there, (which you would know had you read my previous blog posts) that he decided to make Christmas cards this year with a blurb about each of the Selfs and what we are currently doing, he wrote that I am ATTENDING the University of Texas at Arlington fall 2010. I was like "uh Dad, pretty sure I haven't said yes, yet so don't write that" all he said was, "Meghan, you know you're going there." It's almost to the point of irritation so much that if I get accepted to Kstate or CSU that i'm going to go to one of those schools just to spite him. It's like he's pushing me so hard to go to UTA and doesn't want me to choose where I want to go, where I believe i'll get the best education for myself. of course, had I applied to Texas Tech, there'd be no stopping Fred, he'd already have me an apartment, friends and a meeting with my teachers set up for me. Which is one of the biggest reasons I didn't apply there, aside from the fact that Lubbock sucks. Fred thinks he knows where I will get the best education, but the thing is, is he went to school for business, not for english. The schools that are best in business i.e. Texas Tech isn't exactly the best in english. They do have a good program, but I believe UNT's english program is better.

Oh well, I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens. But for now, it's Christmas parties at work, Christmas parties at friends houses, Christmas parties at the neighbors. It's the holiday spirit arising within everyone, however after attending a few Christmas parties thus far, I question are these parties created for the purpose to celebrate the Christmas season, the birth of Christ, and to give everyone a moments break from all the hardships they've face within the past year OR are Christmas parties an excuse for co-workers, friends, and neighbors to get drunk and be merry together?

What do you think? I'd love to hear it.