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I'm back in grad-land, so this will probably be the last post for a few months. I managed to finish the theory papers, but not the internship paper...but still registered for internship credits, so I will have to get that done by December 15th or so. The whole "reflective" aspect is getting a little blurry as time goes on and I have to fill my head ( Read more... )

Public adminstration theory is dooooooooooooone! I feel so much lighter with 40 pages off my back! I don't even care what the grade ends up being, just so long as the professor receives the email attachments. Now I just need to do my "4 to 6 page reflective paper" on my internship (bullshit bullshit) and then I'll be ready to start classes on ( Read more... )

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I just realized I've been absent from LJ for a while, so I thought I'd provide some random updates.

Grant monitoring is...interesting. It's something I could see myself doing as a full-time job, but right now it is frustrating beyond belief. Here's the situation: our payroll person (who is hired solely to process about 1,000 weekly paychecks for 14 ( Read more... )

I had an eye and contact lens exam today. It was scheduled for 9:30 AM, which is the optometrist's first appointment of the day. You'd think I'd be able to get in right on time, but no. The reason? The doctor was late. She arrived at 9:45 AM, just as I was getting up to tell the receptionist that I wasn't waiting any longer. If the doctor was ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm jumping on the meme bandwagon...

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I am not by any means a girly girl, but I do like to pamper myself or be pampered on a regular basis. I may not own any real make-up, but I do have a respectable amount of skincare products. Since I've been on a tight budget for most of my life, I've had to pick and choose what pampering is self-administered and what pampering I can pay others to ( Read more... )

The deck is all ready for the summer, just in time for this afternoon's thunderstorms (many thanks to my friend Jen for making me get off the couch). I planted flower boxes yesterday with a mix of red and blue/purple petunias, yellow snapdragons, and "pacifica red polka dot" vincas (aka periwinkles).* While searching for pictures (which I'll ( Read more... )

My first year of graduate school is done! Well, almost done -- I still have two papers to finish writing for public administration theory from last semester. But for all intents and purposes, my first year is done! I can now do all those things I've put off for the past few months: cleaning the apartment, grocery shopping on a regular basis, ( Read more... )