Average Weekend.

Wednesday night. In Poppa doing who knows what. Missed bowling and Pub, heart-breaking. The PPE blog posting was well worth it. Drunk neighbor stops by at 3:30 in the morning on a desperate search for cheese. Clearly, life without quesadillas is unimaginable.

Great PPEcon sesh on Thursday. Derivatives and indifference curves, nice refresher course. Did I really learn this at some point? Oh, right...that was three years ago! Then a fascinating discussion with my thesis reader. One parameter in my cost-benefit analysis has amazing philosophical assumptions built into it. Is life worth the same regardless of age? Are you more "valueable" as you get older? Food for thought...Playing in Poppa with thesis data seemed much more appealing than the superheros and villians TNC. I'm such a nerd.

Friday. Went to work an hour early. Whoops. One great interview later, walking back to the APTs in the 95 degree heat was pretty brutal. AWESOME dinner with the boys downstairs. Convinced all but one to join us at Walter's for happy hour. Highlight: packing eleven into the car on the ride back.

Toga on Saturday. But not until after an amazing dinner at WE's house. I'm obsessed with PPE! What's more exciting than marinating in red wine (spilt on you from a bag of Franzia) while wearing a cheap bed sheet? NOT smelling like red wine, sticking to whomever you hug, and normal clothes. I bailed on the Toga party after an hour of solid people watching.

Best Buy Adventure

Up early to pack in some last minute studying for that looming Astronomy test. I can't remember the last time I took a multiple choice test...must have been in high school. Surprisingly hard. Isn't Astronomy supposed to be that joke science class that Seniors take when overloading. Guess not. After the test I headed straight back to Poppa (where I have decided I should have my own nameplate above one of the computers since I seem to have taken up permanent residence there).

Distracted by odd errands, like ordering PPE lunch (why do 10 pita sandwich orders take 15 minutes to relay over the phone?!) and regulating a convo between Mother and P, P came up with an even better distraction: TV shopping. The idea of escaping the silent computer lab for the overwhelming stimulation of 50 LCDs seemed brilliant. Plus, who doesn't like helping other people spend money! The bad-breathed salesmen hooked P up with all the gadgets to accompany his new Sony Bravia 26' LCD. A quick set-up and voila...the marvels of modern technology and a not-so-good-looking crime scene eyewitness in high def.

After dinner it was a nice chat with Gatto, a short 21st celebration, and then back to Poppa. Hours of thesis research later, I was heading back to the apartments (in fact, I was all the way back at the apartments) before I realized that my keys and ID card, both of which attached to thumb drive were still plugged into the computer in the lab. Ugh. The walk back was pretty peaceful, so much so that I caught myself talking to aloud to myself about ways to market the Washington D.C. Program. Wow, I'm such a nerd. And now, it is time for bed. 9 AM keeps getting closer...

Remember the Milk.

It's definitely one of those, wow-my-life-is-ridiculously-mundane days. Not sure that my to do list could have more pointless errands on it. Turn in PPE receipts. Coordinate PPE lunch. Buy envelopes for Post-Bac applications. Print out Organizational Healthcare/Public Policy readings. Boring. More boring. Oh how I miss the good old days in Tanzania when I was "to-do-list-free." Astronomy test tomorrow. Is it really mid-term season already? If my prof weren't the most adorable scientist slash star fanatic, then I might be more angry. Only one Admission interview today, which freed up some time to catch up on those interview reports that I'd been pushing back.

In the name of B!

B has totally suckered me into it. How can I not after this post? After an intense sesh of catching up with much overdue emails, my mind is still reeling. Why can't that happen when I'm trying to crank out all those personal statements? I am so behind after the weekend (with applications and thesis and well, everything)...is it really possible have so much non-school related work to do? And how the heck am I supposed to remember when and where I took the ACTs?