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Yesterday I completed my first full year of graduate school. Seriously. That’s the craziest thing. But it’s true. I turned in my final paper and a book back to my professor and returned my library books and just like that…finito. … Continue reading →

Since about two this morning, I’ve been awake. Worrying. My air conditioner, which has been running off and on since a) we’ve hit the 80′s and b) I have a boarder the first few days of the week, started kicking … Continue reading →

I’m sitting in my mom’s kitchen, drinking coffee, listening to the rain and watching her cook breakfast. I slept like the dead last night. Seriously, I was in bed before 9pm and asleep before 9:30, I’m sure. My plan was … Continue reading →

I’ve heard it said that we must know where we’ve been in order to know where we are going. I think there is something to be said for that. Knowing our past, knowing the downfalls and the success stories, remembering, … Continue reading →

Finished the last of my official classes today. Done diddily done. I’ve typed up notes for one final, and need to finish typing up the others just so I can carry them around and study them at a moments downtime. … Continue reading →

This is the last week of the semester. WTF??? Yup. Last week. Next week is finals. This week I start work on my final paper. It not only is the last paper but it counts as my final in class. … Continue reading →

For the first day in I don’t know how many I had nothing to do. No one to help. No obligations, or places I had to be. Nothing absolutely imminent that had to be finished today. It’s been bliss. I … Continue reading →

After a lengthy meeting with my advisor, who told me, “I knew we’d talk so I scheduled extra time for us!”–after plugging in classes, marking off checklists…rearranging some things, talking some of the more disappointing things from this semester off … Continue reading →

Found out about one of the scholarships I applied for. It’s a no-go. Lots of competition with much younger applicants who have a freshy fresh loaded up with community service, awards, group memberships, et.al. I was really hoping this one … Continue reading →