A Christmas Carol Read-A-Long + Grad School Woes

 The wonderful Sheery over at Sheery's Place is hosting her first ever read-a-long, of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.  I have decided to sign up to participate.  This will be my first read-a-long experience and I'm really excited.  I've had this book for years now and have not yet started to read it.  Christmas time is the perfect time to start :)  If you are interested in joining along, make sure you visit Sheery's Place and sign up with the Mr. Linky.

Now onto the next topic of this post.  Graduate schools.  I am so stressed.  I graduate from Buffalo State College in May with a B.A. in French Language and Literature.  I definitely want to get a Masters degree, and possibly even a PhD.  (stay in school as long as possible because you won't have to enter the real world....that's my reasoning anyway....)  I don't need to start in the Fall.  In fact I'll probably wait until next Spring or the following Autumn to begin grad school.  I do after all need money.  And I think my brain needs a break.  I need to start seriously thinking of where to go.  I LOVE and ADORE the program at Portland State (in Oregon) and I've wanted to visit the city for a long time.  My boyfriend has expressed a wish to live there for a bit many times.  So it seems perfect.  I'm also looking at other schools around the country.  I just feel really bad leaving my mom and my dog at home.  And I have no idea how to do the whole "moving across the country" thing. 

I also need to take those darned GREs.  And there is Math on them, which I haven't taken since my Freshman year at college.

Have you experienced future grad school stress??  I seriously feel like I'm going crazy.