Just got rejected from USD

I didn’t cry. I sighed. A couple times. Deeply. I really wanted this, I knew I probably didn’t deserve it. I thought about how great it would be, but this past week I’ve prepared myself for rejection and I guess it went pretty well.

As soon as I saw the thin envelope in my mailbox I knew. I remembered Dary telling me sometimes acceptance letters are thin, too. I opened it. Not this time. I was too scared to read from the beginning so I scanned the page for the word “regret.” Sure enough, it was there.

…the Admissions Committee has decided with regret that it is unable to grant you admission to the University of San Diego…

Regret. An appropriate word. Since all I will be thinking about this week is how much I regret my grades and my choice not to study. Maybe how much I regret even bothering to apply. Moving on.

I wrote part of the Juniper story last night. I’m pretty sure it will be called Juniper’s Journey. Journey is the word for a group of giraffes and it’s also the word for, well, journey. It’s this type of cleverness that University of San Diego will be missing out on, regretfully.

The world is not over. The sun will still continue to come up. Kittens are still cute and Leo is still going to try to end the UPS man.

Only thing left to do now is try harder.

The emotions I’m feeling are giving me inspiration for Juniper’s Journey. One of them, is regret.

I need ice cream.