feeling high
Today was a good day, bordering on a great day. It got off to a rough start, with the beginning of classes, but actually took a turn for the better as the day progressed. I had my two French classes with the same professor today (1 hour apart) ... they seem very interesting and I'm really excited, though Tuesdays and Thursdays sure will be French overload. I find that my lack of French communication over the past year has put me at ill-ease with speaking... my voice gets all shaky and what little of a decent accent I had has simply faded as I now stumble over words. Oh well, I'm sure I'll get back into the swing of things. I'm also excited that neither class has a final exam, just final papers, due on the same day I think. That means that I will probably only have one final exam, which can be taken on the first exam day (Saturday), which means I would be coming home on Sunday, April 2nd and staying until the 16th or 17th! (2 whole weeks at home before I rush off to Senegal!!!!!!!!!!)
But what really made this a good day was the generosity of various professors and other W&L employees. For quite some time I have been very worried about raising this $250 for the literary magazine, but I sent out an email today to a bunch of people and a few responded saying they'd give some money ... so it seems that things will all work out in the end: what a load off my mind!!!
Also, one of my professors emailed me about a possible research/internship possibility this summer. I have to find out more details from him, but right now I'm already considering it. The upside is that it would be a really great academic opportunity for me, and I would probably have a blast. The downside is that I would be living here in Lexington all summer ... not that I would mind that AT ALL, but I would miss Matt terribly. However, I have to talk to Matt more about this, but he seems willing to consider spending the summer here with me in an apartment. I'm hoping that maybe I could hook him up with some sort of non-paying internship with my law professor's husband, who is a chemistry professor on the undergrad side. I think even if Matt were doing bullshit work for him, that would still be a great thing to put on his grad school application, because W&L is a great school after all. And even if I couldn't find him something to do with W&L, there are other schools around with possibilities, and, at the worst, he could just work a job in town. It would be really fun ... living with him, doing intensive research, and gaining an invaluable experience all in one! I don't know. I'm considering it, and still have to get the details. And I think there would be an application process and whatnot, so it's definitely not a for-sure thing by any means at this point.
But, I want to take a quick poll, depending only on the project actually happening in the first place and my being selected for it.
What should I do?
a) Only do it if Matt will come to Lex also.
b) Do it even if Matt won't come to Lex.
c) Don't do it at all, just find something at home.
But what really made this a good day was the generosity of various professors and other W&L employees. For quite some time I have been very worried about raising this $250 for the literary magazine, but I sent out an email today to a bunch of people and a few responded saying they'd give some money ... so it seems that things will all work out in the end: what a load off my mind!!!
Also, one of my professors emailed me about a possible research/internship possibility this summer. I have to find out more details from him, but right now I'm already considering it. The upside is that it would be a really great academic opportunity for me, and I would probably have a blast. The downside is that I would be living here in Lexington all summer ... not that I would mind that AT ALL, but I would miss Matt terribly. However, I have to talk to Matt more about this, but he seems willing to consider spending the summer here with me in an apartment. I'm hoping that maybe I could hook him up with some sort of non-paying internship with my law professor's husband, who is a chemistry professor on the undergrad side. I think even if Matt were doing bullshit work for him, that would still be a great thing to put on his grad school application, because W&L is a great school after all. And even if I couldn't find him something to do with W&L, there are other schools around with possibilities, and, at the worst, he could just work a job in town. It would be really fun ... living with him, doing intensive research, and gaining an invaluable experience all in one! I don't know. I'm considering it, and still have to get the details. And I think there would be an application process and whatnot, so it's definitely not a for-sure thing by any means at this point.
But, I want to take a quick poll, depending only on the project actually happening in the first place and my being selected for it.
What should I do?
a) Only do it if Matt will come to Lex also.
b) Do it even if Matt won't come to Lex.
c) Don't do it at all, just find something at home.