Since Lucyrain is pretending...

let's also pretend that I didn't just get kicked out of my doctoral program today.

And let's pretend I am not absolutely devastated.

And let's pretend too that this isn't going to make my mother feel overjoyed (because it will, and unfortunately, I will be spending next week with her).

The funny thing is that now I feel like I can "come out" to all of you about my identity and details about myself.