Put the darn winter coat back on, that's what.
People are not happy with the weather. I get it. It is the beginning of April, we had some really nice teaser days in the 60s and low 70s, and frankly, we're all sick of winter. Whining about it will not change the fact that winter is just not ready to let go.
If one ever needs or wants a test in patience, head to the Midwest and wait for the coming of spring. If that won't teach you patience, nothing will.
Just like that, another week is gone and I am now only 5 weeks from graduation. 3 1/2 weeks from turning in my final Capstone project. 3 weeks exactly from running a mile non-stop in an attempt to improve my time from 4 months ago. 4 wrap-up reports, 3 program packets, 2 performance assessments, and 1 annual report from being done with my assistantship. Hmm.. for some reason I feel as if I should be breaking into song here....
My life by the numbers. Thrilling reading, I'm sure.
Tomorrow it will have been a week since I interviewed with MotM. I have not heard anything yet, but hope to soon. What is the appropriate way for me to follow-up, if at all? I sent thank you cards on Tuesday last week after my interview, which should have reached everyone by Friday. Do I just continue to wait to hear, or can I call or email tomorrow to check in on where the process is? If I do follow-up, do I call or email? Do I wait until later in the week and then make contact if I have heard nothing?
How come we are not taught job searching etiquette in school?
In other news, I have been asked to join and accepted the offer to become a member of Phi Alpha Alpha, the national Public Administration honor society. Offers of membership are made based on academic performance; this year only 10 students from the graduating class were offered membership, which is fewer than in past years. I get a lifetime membership to both the society and the UIC chapter, and will get a pin and cord to wear at graduation, as well as a certificate I can frame all fancy and hang on my wall like I'm somebody.
I am also a recipient of one of the (many, not-so-exclusive) Chancellor's Student Service Awards. This award is UIC-specific and honors unpaid student service to UIC and greater Chicagoland area. This means another pin and cord for graduation, and another certificate.
My friend Lauren will also be joining the honor society and has earned a Chancellor's Student Service Award as well. She also picked up an Alumni Association Award for Leadership a few weeks ago, which means another cord and pin for her at graduation. She's on a mission to have as much around her neck as possible, which she is well on her way to achieving. We both think it would be fun to create our own cord for our service to the student association this past year, making a trip to the fabric store is a real possibility in the near future. Also, we want to Bedazzle our mortarboards. Hehe... we may be getting our post-graduate degrees in a few weeks, but that does not necessarily imply maturity. We do have respect for the solemn ceremony of graduation, for the Pomp and Circumstance, and for our place in the rather elite club of post-graduates, but we would also like to be able to look back at pictures of this time in our life and see our younger selves having fun, enjoying life, and not taking ourselves too seriously. Of course, if the world really does end in 2012, none of this will matter anyway.
Time to wrap this up. Tomorrow is an early and long day. I do have final shout-outs, though:
Justin: I have been saying, "Cheers. You're wicked." a lot lately. People look at me funny.
Marshall: As soon as that kid pops out I want a call telling me if I'm an aunt of a niece of a nephew. Don't you dare send me an email.
Dad: Are you feeling better? Have you watched any of the miniseries yet?
Karen: Thank goodness you stole some of the better pictures from my Facebook! Thank you for taking down the horrendous one of me from 3.5 years ago.
Cary: I do not know how you do it. I admire your strength and patience in dealing with 3 children under the age of 4 every day. I am proud such a capable and tenacious woman like you is related to me.
Marcus: I have been playing The Ice Cream Socialists' Cd's at work and my coworkers are in love with you. I tried to look you up on YouTube and found some of your videos, but also found quite a few by a different band with the exact same name. Are you waiting for them to change their name or will you at some point pull a Prince move, hold a giant final concert, and change your name to something like, "The Liquid State of Ice Cream: Melting A Direct Result of Capitalism."?
That's it. If you did not get a personal shout-out, do not feel bad. I directed comments to those whose blogs I check daily.
Love!
~g
7 comments:
Thanks for the encouragement, Grace. Good luck with finishing out the school year and hope you have good news from your interview!
i think the shout should have started with marshall & sarah since i am the one having the baby! :o)
Sarah,
I did consider that, but given you are having the baby, the phone calls will most likely be made by Marshall, hence the directing of the instructions to solely him.
I do see your point, however, and therefore:
Sarah: Make sure Marshall calls to announce the arrival of Baby K. Thanks!
ahah. nice. how about i just promise one of us will let you know?! :o)
Fair enough, so long as it's a phone call and not an email or text message. That would just be no fun. And should the baby decide to arrive in the wee morning hours, call anyway. :)
it'll happen as it should my dear.
what's with the paranoia that we wouldn't call family first? we may not be the best at keeping in touch, but it's not like this event will be on par with us going to the store to get milk or having our teeth cleaned at the dentist. if we called to tell you that we were pregnant in the first place, what makes you think we wouldn't call to tell you the kid had been born? c'mon... we're responsible adults here.
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