The fall quarter whirlwind is beginning and classes don't even start until Thursday! I helped out at the International Relations Fall Welcome this morning as part of my peer advisor job and saw a bunch of new students come into the office afterward for beginning-of-the-year advising. On the way home I gave two people directions and passed by an event teaching freshmen about bike safety and preventing bike theft (good luck with that - one of many reasons I don't have a bike here). There are events every night for Welcome Week to get new students pumped up about UC Davis. The campus is buzzing with activity and I can feel myself being drawn into the quarter more and more. I just wish I had time to relax a bit and enjoy the start of my favorite quarter of the year!
In addition to LSAT studying and stressing about apps/honors theses, I can feel my life being consumed by emails. Between the four accounts I have linked to my phone, I get easily 100 emails per day (and I know that will increase exponentially once school actually starts). I'm always reading emails, filing them away, drafting responses, copying over some version of the "Our rush week is coming up!" email to every pre-law student who signs up for my fraternity's mailing list... Thank goodness I have an iPhone, I honestly don't remember how I used to manage in the past when I couldn't check my email on the go. My boyfriend and I always joke that I'll be the young professional glued to my BlackBerry within the next few years. Note to self: get a BlackBerry! I love full keyboards and that's what I miss most about my old phone - perfect for emails, even if my old phone couldn't do that!
So besides my fascinating life as a professional emailer, I actually took yesterday afternoon/evening off from work/studying/PR prep to head to the Bay Area for my little's carnatic music concert. The music was unlike anything I'd ever heard before and I was blown away by my little - not only did she sound amazing, but she managed to sing for an hour and a half straight! I'm definitely a proud big right now (and the upside of having three littles is that I always have something to be proud about, since they're all incredible).
Okay, back to PR prep and LSAT studying...
Monday, September 23, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Happy Autumn!
Happy autumn! Even though I love warm weather, I'm excited for Davis to start cooling down and for the leaves to change colors. Despite a surprise rainstorm yesterday, it's been a bit too hot lately and I'm definitely ready to bring out jeans and boots! I know I'll miss the warmth in a couple of months though.
Today my new housemate (or I guess I should say my housemate's fall subleasee) is moving in. I've been alone in the apartment for most of the summer so it will be nice to have some company again! The person I'll be living with for fall is someone I've known since sophomore year when we were resident advisors together, so I know it'll be a lot of fun living with her.
I can't believe the LSAT is in less than two weeks. Part of me is trying not to panic and wishing that I had 13 more weeks instead of 13 more days to study for my last retake attempt, but another part of me is just ready to be done and apply to law schools. So far I have fee waivers for Davis, UCLA, Georgetown, and Duke (!!!), as well as dozens of other schools that aren't on my application list. After I take the October LSAT I'll be writing essays and compiling applications as I wait for my score to come out, then inshallah I'll be able to submit my apps by the first week of November. I'm aiming to get everything in by Veteran's Day weekend!
In the meantime, as I study for the upcoming test and try to fool myself into thinking October 5th is farther away than it actually is, I'm still working my three jobs, lab managing, preparing for classes to start on Thursday, and getting ready for rush week. I feel like I'm putting a lot more time into my pre-law fraternity than into LSAT studying, to be honest - definitely not a good thing and the curse of being PR Chair. I've been doing so much lately (designing/ordering flyers, helping reserve rooms, ordering shirts, updating our social media, contacting potential rushees, etc.) and yet there's still so much more to be done. I seriously need a time turner right now...
Today my new housemate (or I guess I should say my housemate's fall subleasee) is moving in. I've been alone in the apartment for most of the summer so it will be nice to have some company again! The person I'll be living with for fall is someone I've known since sophomore year when we were resident advisors together, so I know it'll be a lot of fun living with her.
I can't believe the LSAT is in less than two weeks. Part of me is trying not to panic and wishing that I had 13 more weeks instead of 13 more days to study for my last retake attempt, but another part of me is just ready to be done and apply to law schools. So far I have fee waivers for Davis, UCLA, Georgetown, and Duke (!!!), as well as dozens of other schools that aren't on my application list. After I take the October LSAT I'll be writing essays and compiling applications as I wait for my score to come out, then inshallah I'll be able to submit my apps by the first week of November. I'm aiming to get everything in by Veteran's Day weekend!
In the meantime, as I study for the upcoming test and try to fool myself into thinking October 5th is farther away than it actually is, I'm still working my three jobs, lab managing, preparing for classes to start on Thursday, and getting ready for rush week. I feel like I'm putting a lot more time into my pre-law fraternity than into LSAT studying, to be honest - definitely not a good thing and the curse of being PR Chair. I've been doing so much lately (designing/ordering flyers, helping reserve rooms, ordering shirts, updating our social media, contacting potential rushees, etc.) and yet there's still so much more to be done. I seriously need a time turner right now...
Thursday, September 12, 2013
In Four Weeks...
...my life will be a million times calmer.
The October LSAT is coming up in three weeks and two days (WHAT?! HOW?!). This is my absolute last shot before I apply to schools and I'm determined to knock it out of the park, but my work/extracurricular schedule has been so crazy lately that it's difficult to cram more study time in! I really envy the people that are only studying for the LSAT and aren't doing anything else this summer. Unfortunately, that just isn't me.
My pre-law fraternity's rush week is coming up soon as well. I've been diligently preparing since the beginning of July, but apparently it wasn't enough since everything needs to be done right now. Room reservation dilemma! Designing and ordering flyers! Getting quotes for our T-shirt order! Filming and editing our promotional video! Countless (okay fine, 45) emails to potential rushees! And trying to deal with a severely limited budget on top of all that... If I didn't like my oh-so-manageable hair so much, I'd be pulling it out right now. Oh well - in four weeks, rush week will have ended and the biggest part of my fall duties as Public Relations Chair will be finished.
Work is the only thing that won't be over by then, but it will at least be easier to deal with. Right now I'm trying to juggle peer advisor training, too many campus tours, and the occasional Mondavi show (three next week, ouch). Once school starts I'm cutting my tours way back so that I can mostly focus on peer advising and Mondavi shows, leaving me at 20 hours or less of work per week. Plus some unpaid lab managing time, which will also be easier once the quarter starts since I won't have to worry about interviewing/hiring/training our new research assistants (yet another task that's been consuming my life for the past few weeks).
Yet part of me is thinking, Yes, but what about school? Classes start in two weeks and I don't exactly have a light course load this quarter. Advanced Arabic, Ancient Mesopotamian History, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Post-WWII U.S. History... plus finishing up both my Psychology and International Relations honors theses. 23 units total. It's extremely naïve of me to think that my life will be calmer in four weeks when that's the exact point my classes will become more time-consuming. But still, I need to take life one step - or four weeks - at a time, so for now I'll just focus on getting through rush and the LSAT. Wish me luck!
The October LSAT is coming up in three weeks and two days (WHAT?! HOW?!). This is my absolute last shot before I apply to schools and I'm determined to knock it out of the park, but my work/extracurricular schedule has been so crazy lately that it's difficult to cram more study time in! I really envy the people that are only studying for the LSAT and aren't doing anything else this summer. Unfortunately, that just isn't me.
My pre-law fraternity's rush week is coming up soon as well. I've been diligently preparing since the beginning of July, but apparently it wasn't enough since everything needs to be done right now. Room reservation dilemma! Designing and ordering flyers! Getting quotes for our T-shirt order! Filming and editing our promotional video! Countless (okay fine, 45) emails to potential rushees! And trying to deal with a severely limited budget on top of all that... If I didn't like my oh-so-manageable hair so much, I'd be pulling it out right now. Oh well - in four weeks, rush week will have ended and the biggest part of my fall duties as Public Relations Chair will be finished.
Work is the only thing that won't be over by then, but it will at least be easier to deal with. Right now I'm trying to juggle peer advisor training, too many campus tours, and the occasional Mondavi show (three next week, ouch). Once school starts I'm cutting my tours way back so that I can mostly focus on peer advising and Mondavi shows, leaving me at 20 hours or less of work per week. Plus some unpaid lab managing time, which will also be easier once the quarter starts since I won't have to worry about interviewing/hiring/training our new research assistants (yet another task that's been consuming my life for the past few weeks).
Yet part of me is thinking, Yes, but what about school? Classes start in two weeks and I don't exactly have a light course load this quarter. Advanced Arabic, Ancient Mesopotamian History, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Post-WWII U.S. History... plus finishing up both my Psychology and International Relations honors theses. 23 units total. It's extremely naïve of me to think that my life will be calmer in four weeks when that's the exact point my classes will become more time-consuming. But still, I need to take life one step - or four weeks - at a time, so for now I'll just focus on getting through rush and the LSAT. Wish me luck!
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