I got the email with registration instructions from Univ. of Washington that will let me start the MLIS program at the very end of September. That sounds like a long time in the future, but so did mid-June when I was completing the application last January. The next few months won't be as crazed, at least workwise, as the recent ones have been, but suddenly I know for sure that it's going to be here in a hurry. What was a pile of vague paperwork and tentative ideas is rapidly becoming reality.

Well, in fairness it's becoming a pile of less vague paperwork and more structured ideas. Both have numbers attached, the first with dollar signs in front of them, and numbers always add a dose of immediacy to the reality in the head. But I can wrap my head around the numbers for the classes I'm to sign up for. And the numbers with dollar signs aren't surprising at all -- doesn't make them any less gulpworthy.

I know I can do this, but I also know that it's been a helluva long time since I have done it. And I didn't feel that comfortable with the process as a flexible youth. I'm quite comfortable in the online environment, so the interface doesn't intimidate -- probably many fellow students are quavering in the face of that, in addition to my little issues. And I've been living and breathing a lot of this stuff for years now. If anyone should be ready, it's me. But should anyone?

Anyhow, it looks like I'll be paying a return visit to Seattle 9/23-9/26ish. Won't have much time to experience the place, but at least it won't be a complete surprise thanks to the recon trip last November.

So whee, I guess.