Second Year Begins…

I’m not sure I when the first year ended exactly, but here I am in the library waiting for my first class of my second year of grad school to start.
The spring and summer were a blur (as evidenced by the fewer blog posts). The fellowship extended throughout the summer, which gave me some much [...]

Spring Break (mine and theirs)

Unfortunately my spring break did not match the spring break week that the kids got. Its too bad, because it would have been fun to take a break and spend some time together.

Instead, I spent my spring break getting in a few extra hours at work, going to the dentist (wahoo!) and attending a conference. [...]

PTA

This morning I had another first- I joined the PTA. This quintessential part of American life has somehow eluded me all these years. But now, here I am! I very wisely managed to get all of my paper and project deadlines into my palm pilot before I left for the PTA Volunteer Fair. Thank goodness [...]