Words cannot describe how ecstatic and in disbelief I am that I got into Hackbright, merely TWO days after submitting my virtual interview.
Funny thing is, they emailed me the night of Dec. 20th, but my phone had died while I was at a National Sangria Day event at Spark Social SF, celebrating the last night before my workplace closes for the holidays and reuniting with old friends...too busy to even think to check my email until the next morning. I could have been celebrating for one more thing, but I guess this was a sign that this news warrants a separate celebration on its own!
The next morning, in a slight hungover haze, I had to do a double take at my phone screen while on my NX commute to work to make sure I read the Hackbright admissions email correctly. I was speechless for a minute and could only cling to my boyfriend, managing to utter the words, "I...got...in!"
I was trying to hold back tears of joy and shriek in the least conspicuous way from 19th Ave all the way to Bush/Montgomery. Finally I had to resort to binkying (rabbit speak, see GIF below) embarrassingly all over the streets of FiDi after getting off the bus to fully be able to express how I felt.
I still cannot believe that I have finally come to this moment--a moment I've been waiting for since discovering Hackbright back in May 2015. By the time I start the fellowship, it will have been two years since this dream first took hold of me.
AHHHH!! Best holiday gift ever, ever, ever!
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