confusions and dilemmas

So here's the deal. I have been accepted at another university with almost full funding for a MPA - Masters in Public Administration. I am also in the middle of a fully funded PhD, which may not turn out to be as useful as the MPA. I think I can manage to do both of the programs, depending on how the classes line up. For the PhD, I only have one more seminar course to do and the rest can be directed reading courses. The MPA would involve an unknown quantity of courses over the two year program. 8.5 credits, whatever that works out to be... If I am able I could do my theory and methods course for the PhD this fall, along with the courses for the MPA, and then I would only have the directed reading courses to do, which involve, as you might have guessed, a whole bunch of readings and a paper based on those readings. It would mean what I forsee as a crazy busy but manageable couple of years. I don't know that technically I am allowed to be full time in both programs at the same time, but what they don't know can't hurt them right?

In the middle of all this I am still trying to get a job with the feds, which would make the MPA unnecessary. Tomorrow morning I go in for second language testing which should be a little humourous if nothing else... Saturday I write an exam for an administrative support position. Monday I interview for the computer secondary recruitment and a network support adviser for Elections Canada. I have an impending interview with Heritage and Culture, and I am still waiting to hear on the HRSDC, after what I felt was a series of good interviews.

My health is still not great, I have been on the cane since the chest pain began, and while the daily monstrous dose of aspirin is keeping the pain to a manageable level I do not actually seem to be getting any better... and it has been 3 1/2 months now. If it is pericarditis, there is only half a month left before I am exceeding the normal time periods for the disease. I am tired of being sick.

My wallet turned up, by the way, some very nice person turned it in to the Transpo, and nothing was missing. However, I had already canceled my credit and bank cards to be on the safe side, so I am awaiting the last of the credit cards now.

Patrick was here for an amazing visit. I miss him terribly already, and it has made me miss LA, JJ David, Rod and Jan etc. a great deal. it is a good thing I am traveling back to the rock for a couple of weeks in July - we should actually have the tickets bought in the next week or so.

Now I just have to find some sort of employment for the summer months as there is no TA money for that time... somewhere that will let me take two weeks off at the height of summer!