I hope everyone's been enjoying the 3-day weekend! It's been relaxing yet productive for me - after getting only three hours of sleep on Thursday night (in the midst of a large application, PHI 12 problem set, and catching up on Arabic homework), I had a tour and a Mondavi show and then rewarded myself with eight hours of sleep Friday evening. Another tour Saturday morning, but then I went out to lunch with a friend to celebrate being done with the application for the position we're applying for in our pre-law fraternity.
I headed over to a friend of a friend's apartment to check out her place - I might be rooming with her next year. I obviously won't be a resident advisor for next year, what with being in D.C. for fall quarter, so I need a place to live next year (preferrably somewhere that's close to campus but cheap enough that I can still afford to pay rent for the quarter that I'm gone). Most of my friends have their housing for next year worked out already - the curse of my freshmen year friends living together after the 1st year - so I've been stressing about that a lot lately, but luckily a friend told me about a girl from her church group that was looking for a third roommate to live in an apartment complex right next to school - a complex that happened to be my first choice due to its low price for the location! So I went by yesterday to meet her and tour her apartment. She was really nice (her name is also Christine, which will be awkward yet hilarious) and the apartment was amazing. I'll be meeting her housemates next week and will hopefully be all good to go after that! So relieved to be almost done with housing.
I also managed to vacuum and semi-dust my room yesterday, as well as take care of laundry and my sheets. Having a clean room always makes me happy... plus it's a great way to procrastinate on working on a 10-page paper for my Theories of International Relations class (I have to turn in a rough draft by Thursday and all I have so far is a vague outline). I'll be taking care of that today and tomorrow, in between going out to see The Woman in Black and to Sacramento to try out a new vegetarian restaurant with the guy I'm dating.
The weather's been getting nicer over the past few weeks - spring is here! It's supposed to be 74 on Wednesday, which will be wonderful since I've really missed warm weather. The trees in the courtyard outside my window are starting to bloom - I might post pictures in a couple weeks. I love springtime in California.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Happy Mid-February! (What happened to winter quarter?)
Quick update before I get back to working on applications! This quarter has been absolutely insane so far.
Academics: Yes, I'm still taking 22 units (Arabic, Recent U.S. Foreign Policy, Theories of International Politics, Symbolic Logic, Legal Writing, and an into-to-research seminar). I had my two POL midterms yesterday. Studying was brutal, especially since I had to catch up on all the reading I hadn't had time to do over the quarter. At least they're over, and one of them went well at least... Now it's time to start on my two 10-page papers. Sigh.
Work: I'm still working as a resident advisor, doing 1-2 shows per week at the Mondavi Center, and giving 2 or 3 tours per week. Way too busy, but at least I'm making a lot of money! Plus I'm still really enjoying all three jobs. And who knows, maybe Tour Guide of the Month will be in my future!
Extracurriculars: I'm still really involved in my pre-law fraternity - I'm currently our Relay for Life team captain and am applying for a leadership position for spring. Fingers crossed for that! I'm still helping out as a research assistant in a Social Psychology lab, and am still part of the Academic Affairs Commission of the student government and we're working on personal projects right now. I'm working on a way to create a mentoring system for freshmen on academic probation, so we'll see if anything comes from that! And then I'm also the Vice President of Public Relations for Global Law Brigades, which goes to Panama for a week to offer legal advice to underprivileged families on land titling. I can't actually brigade with everyone this year, but I'm using all my connections to make sure we can get the word out about recruitment, fundraising, etc. and I'll be all set to brigade next year.
So overall, you can see that I've just gotten crazier as college has gone on. I don't know what it is about me, but for some reason I feel the reason to add to my load each quarter! If I don't have a breakdown, it must mean it's time to add on another activity for the following quarter... that's my motto, apparently! Oh well, at least I'm relatively happy. I'm applying for summer jobs that will let me stay in Davis, working on my app for the UC Washington Program for fall quarter, and trying (in vain) to figure out housing for next year. Stressed, but that's normal for me.
Academics: Yes, I'm still taking 22 units (Arabic, Recent U.S. Foreign Policy, Theories of International Politics, Symbolic Logic, Legal Writing, and an into-to-research seminar). I had my two POL midterms yesterday. Studying was brutal, especially since I had to catch up on all the reading I hadn't had time to do over the quarter. At least they're over, and one of them went well at least... Now it's time to start on my two 10-page papers. Sigh.
Work: I'm still working as a resident advisor, doing 1-2 shows per week at the Mondavi Center, and giving 2 or 3 tours per week. Way too busy, but at least I'm making a lot of money! Plus I'm still really enjoying all three jobs. And who knows, maybe Tour Guide of the Month will be in my future!
Extracurriculars: I'm still really involved in my pre-law fraternity - I'm currently our Relay for Life team captain and am applying for a leadership position for spring. Fingers crossed for that! I'm still helping out as a research assistant in a Social Psychology lab, and am still part of the Academic Affairs Commission of the student government and we're working on personal projects right now. I'm working on a way to create a mentoring system for freshmen on academic probation, so we'll see if anything comes from that! And then I'm also the Vice President of Public Relations for Global Law Brigades, which goes to Panama for a week to offer legal advice to underprivileged families on land titling. I can't actually brigade with everyone this year, but I'm using all my connections to make sure we can get the word out about recruitment, fundraising, etc. and I'll be all set to brigade next year.
So overall, you can see that I've just gotten crazier as college has gone on. I don't know what it is about me, but for some reason I feel the reason to add to my load each quarter! If I don't have a breakdown, it must mean it's time to add on another activity for the following quarter... that's my motto, apparently! Oh well, at least I'm relatively happy. I'm applying for summer jobs that will let me stay in Davis, working on my app for the UC Washington Program for fall quarter, and trying (in vain) to figure out housing for next year. Stressed, but that's normal for me.
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