Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Hello?
Hannah?
Hi, mommy, hi, daddy.
Hey, how are you, doll?
Good, I'm good. I have some big news.
Is it about the growth on your tongue?
No, it's that I'm, um
I got into graduate school.
- What? - Holy wow!
I didn't even know you were applying!
Yeah, Iowa Writer's Workshop.
Oh, honey, that is amazing.
It's exciting. I'm doing a little jig here.
I don't know if I'm gonna actually go.
I don't know if it's really a good time for me to, like
To, what, change the course of your entire professional life?
Well, honey, it is a big choice.
Yeah, mom, it's a really big choice. It's not that simple.
It's like this is where I live, you know?
I'd have to find new friends,
I'd have to find a new place to buy yogurt.
Plus, I don't really know if writing is something that can be taught,
although I have to say, the last four years of my life
have been a total wash, we can all admit that.
Well, I'm glad you're being honest with yourself.
Wait, hold the phone. Are you kidding me?
When opportunities like this arise, you figure it out.
You say yes and you figure it out.
- That's how this works. - Your mother is right.
Big chances are never small stakes, honey.
Oh, my God.
You guys sound like you're really proud of me.
- Just go ahead. - Just go ahead.
We'll figure it out.
- We'll figure it out. - Whoo!