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I aim to please -- in fact, I would have finished yesterday but had to redo everything when I lost it.
For your reading pleasure....
Bid Day
It was a restless night for me. I had a dream that I got a bid to Miami... I don't remember the details, but I woke up with a sense of foreboding. I told my roommate, who interestingly enough had the same dream. She had gone to Los Angeles and New York, and preffed LA. Her dream was that she got New York, but she was happy about that saying she thought preffing LA was a mistake. Seeing her positive attitude made me jealous, and then it clicked, if I was happy about whatever I got, then no one would know it wasn't what I really wanted. So I got dressed and told her I was feeling like I had made a mistake too.
We walk to the student center to get our bids and I am repeating this story to other friends... saying things like two great options and how can I go wrong... all the while in my head saying, "Atlanta, Atlanta, Atlanta, please be Atlanta".
We get there and the atmosphere is exciting... lots of balloons, loud music, etc. We individually receive our bids from our PX. When she calls my name, I am shaking. She hands me the envelope and I can sort of read it through the envelope, but I need to be sure it says this. So I rip it open, and read:
You have been invited to join....
Miami
My heart literally skipped a beat. I thought I had prepared myself for this, but the truth was, I hadn't.
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