[At what point in the day do you give up?]

Some days I have a better feeling than others. For instance, today I wasn't feeling it and gave up at around noon. Most days, though, 3:23 or 3:27 is when I think 'another one off the calender.'

[What do your days look like?]

My initial nervousness has abated some, but I still refresh the various blogs/forums pretty often looking for acceptances. Staying around the house has started to drive me crazy, so I'll go out for a while and try to take my mind off of everything, then come back and think about everything some more. On occasion I'll do some day writing (I'm more of a night writer, though). I'm trying to learn how to play guitar, which is time consuming. I'm also still in the process of looking for a job, which is annoying. I'm not much of a cook, but I've found that making myself a fried egg sandwich has a calming effect when all this MFA stuff is getting to be too much. Something about eggs on the stove is soothing, haha.

Whenever I feel the stress building I listen to music--Bob Dylan has saved my life many a times throughout this process.

[Anyone else miss being in school?]

I hear you. I finished my undergrad in December and feel completely adrift right now. I didn't think I'd miss school nearly as much as I do. I'm going to be so happy to get back into the groove of classes in the MFA.