In one month I am starting my masters in musicology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and although I have been working toward this moment for over two undergrad-years, it seems surreal. I'm eager, anxious, excited and nervous: my life is centered around a giant to-do list, concerning address changes and registration, but I know once I make it through the tedium of paperwork that I will finally be doing what I have wanted for so long. Only four more weeks of planning, packing, and "work," but only four weeks left in Milwaukee.
Leaving Milwaukee will be the hardest part, emotionally. In the past five years I enjoyed concerts, easy access to Chicago, summer festival, and gotten engaged. I am moving to Urbana, which is a college town, surrounded by cornfield, 4 and a half hours south of my fiance. Anything worth doing has a cost though, and at least I will be around people who also know this.
Aside from the inner-turmoil of leaving Wisconsin, I am ready. I have never TA'ed, but I that will be explained in orientation sessions and learned as the semester progresses. I am ready to be "introduced" to musicology and to live in the library. It's been months since I've written a term paper, but I can at the very least, purge my anxieties over writer's block here, and hopefully process new ideas from seminars. I am ready!
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