Spring Fever

     I've been doing a lot of thinking about spring recently. This is mostly due to the fact that I will not be taking classes this spring, but rather doing a required internship at an as yet undetermined publication. The application process just started - I have a list of things I have to do and publications where I might be placed. This week will be spent researching and writing an essay and revising my resume according to the guidelines in addition to all of my other homework.
     I'm excited about all of this internship planning - it feels like it's the culmination of all my classes in journalism - I'll see if I can really cut it in a fast-paced magazine environment. Here's the thing: I want to be in New York. I would kill (okay not literally) to be in New York this spring. It's the one thing about college that's always tugged at the back of my mind a little bit. I love it here, but I got into two schools in New York City and I wonder if  missed out on a great opportunity. When I list my top six preferences I'll list the maximum possible in New York and hope hope hope that I get one of them. But there's no guarantee. I'm probably just as likely to end up in Des Moines as I am in New York. It's stressful. But it's not going to keep me from thinking about spring and the potential to be in a great city while working at a great publication.
     My obsession with spring will spill onto these pages time and again over the next couple months. But hopefully, in late March I'll be starting an internship in NYC, and if not there, hopefully somewhere warm.