Excitement Everywhere

I am overwhelmed by all the excitement March and April have brought and will continue to bring.  In regards to college, as I have said many times, by the end of March I will know all my options for college and will finally be making a decision in regards to where I will be spending the next four years of my life.  I have received my first regular decision back and am so excited to have been accepted.  (I was accepted very early on to a safety school with rolling admissions and do not count that as my first acceptance).  This school however is one of my top choices, and I literally started screaming when I unexpectedly received an email letting me know I was “in”.  Most schools have firm decision dates, but this school has been sending out batches of decisions each week.  I am eagerly awaiting my admittance package in the mail.  I will not make a firm decision until I hear back from every school and look over each school’s financial aid package, but even if every single school after this rejects me, I know I will be happy for the next four years.

In addition to college craziness, there is a presidential election that I do not think could be more exciting.  Not only are both the Republicans and Democrats having elections to decide their nominee (unlike 2012 where Obama was up for re-election), but the candidates themselves are extremely interesting.  Donald Trump, while in my opinion is a horrible candidate, has undoubtedly made the election much more fascinating, as he is dominating the primaries so far and crushing the establishment candidates.  On the Democratic side, what originally seemed like a non-contest with Clinton as the party’s nominee, has quickly changed with Bernie Sanders picking up steam.  While Clinton is still on track to become the nominee, she now has to work much harder to stay on track.  She is also being challenged on her connections to Wall Street and other issues by Sanders and moderators during debates, which without Sanders, would be nonexistent.  If he had not run, others may have run, but no one (except maybe Elizabeth Warren) would be challenging her on Wall Street issues as much as Sanders.

And while not important by any stretch of the imagination, I am excited for new episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as well as the return of his podcast, The Bugle, with fellow British satirist Andy Zaltzman.  What was once a weekly podcast, had, until now, become a non-existent podcast.  It has been on hiatus for over 9 months due to John Oliver’s TV show as well as the birth of his first son, and I cannot believe it is actually returning this Friday.

There is an unprecedented amount of excitement, and I am going to ride this wave for as long as it lasts.