Dear Familia,
I know that I've been completely ridiculous about returning calls and emails, but it's not b/c I'm sitting around being lazy. I thought I'd take a minute to give you a glimpse into the glamorous life of a graduate school student. And, yes, but glamorous, I mean completely nerdy.
- 12:45 am Finally get to sleep after finishing a stats quiz and sending out the wedding invites.
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- 7:00 am Wake up and check my email to see who has RSVP'd...Roberta gets the prize for first RSVP :) Wash face, brush teeth, get dressed, and pack lunch. I made a quinoa, chickpea, and broccoli salad this weekend and luckily still have some left over. Would that be considered a salad?
- 8:00 am Head to school on the T. I biked to school until Friday when I finally had enough of getting soaked in random rain showers or in my own sweat b/c it's so muggy here. I'm not a fan. Plus, soon enough it's going to start looking like this:
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| Obviously not bike friendly weather |
- 8:30 am Meet with my Econ group to go over our problem set one last time, Read for Ethics (this is the last of 4 readings for the weekend), and start this blog post.
- 10:10 am Economics
- 11:30 am More Ethics reading
- 12:30 pm Recruitment event for the Dean's Ambassador's Program...Helping out with recruitment is a little selfish on my part as I want as many amazing people as possible to come to Kennedy and keep it's reputation where it should be ;)
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- 1:30 pm Ethics study group and Lunch. We meet in the library to discuss the study questions that are on the syllabus for every day of class. Our professor cold calls, so I definitely appreciate the study group to help me collect my thoughts about the readings.
- 2:40 pm Ethics
- 4:00 pm Institute of Politics Study Group with Linda Moore Forbes and David Axelrod. She was the Deputy Assistant to President Clinton & White House Deputy Political Director and the Senior Advisor to Senator Bayh and he is the Senior Strategist for President Obama's re-election campaign. No big deal. The event was off the record, so we'll just leave it at "interesting."
- 5:30 pm Home on the T
- 6:00 pm Met Amanda, her friend, and Thomas at Killer Cupcakes. They actually have a different name, but I always forget and this is a family blog. They gave us 3 free mini-cupcakes that were pretty decent. Amanda and I were supposed to do this co-op dinner thing, but she had something come up at the last minute so we did the cupcake thing instead. DC cupcakes have these guys beat, but I didn't try any of their signature, regular sized cupcakes. I'll have to let you know how that goes in the future.
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- 6:30 Dinner (chipotle) and half an episode of Pushing Daisies which could be one of my most favorite shows ever. I'm so sad there are only 2 seasons.
- 7:30 pm Finish this blog post then finish the Stats problem set that is due tomorrow and start on my study schedule for the midterm on Friday
- 8:30 pm Chat with Zane about our days and wedding stuff
- 9:00 pm Global Food Politics and Policy reading that I am about a week behind on...oops
- 12:00 pm (hopefully) SLEEP
So there you have it. I'm pretty lucky that I get to spend my days studying and hanging out with cool people, right?? However, this does not leave very much time for social interactions with my friends and family not in Boston :( Don't worry though, I'll be home for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Love,
Jem
