TAcademia: Transitioning back to school!
I'm back in school! That's right, I dropped the dry-cleaned pants and collared shirt for a bookbag and a writing callus!
And it feels goooood to be learning again!
It hasn't quite translated to what I had hoped would be 6-hour training blocks in the afternoon; I'm busier than when I worked full-time. My last race of the 2012 season was IMLP, so I guess I don't really need to be logging in huge training hours yet!
And IM Mont-Tremblant is still 11 months away, so I've got time to figure it all out :)
Here's the brief run-down:
And it feels goooood to be learning again!
It hasn't quite translated to what I had hoped would be 6-hour training blocks in the afternoon; I'm busier than when I worked full-time. My last race of the 2012 season was IMLP, so I guess I don't really need to be logging in huge training hours yet!
And IM Mont-Tremblant is still 11 months away, so I've got time to figure it all out :)
Here's the brief run-down:
- I'll be a nerd for 2 years.
- I'm getting my Master's in International Development (yeah, that whole Peace Corps influence thing) and Development Economics.
- OK - yes, I know. Mindy? Economics? Pretty soon I hope to be understanding a little more than basic supply and demand and the Keynesian theory...
- Where do I live these days? This building:
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| AU's School of International Service - it's got a LEED Gold Certification! |
- And yes, I'm still working: the dough's gotta keep rolling in! I got a pretty awesome fellowship and spend my days working for an amazing professor and heading a research project focused on multi-stakeholder participation in global governance processes. In short, I will be Master and Guru of what is now a totally incomprehensible data analysis software gigathingamabobber. heehee
- I found a new pool to swim at! AU has a great indoor facility, so I usually jump in on an afternoon study break and slam out a couple of 500s. Oh, and it's pretty much a guarantee that I have the lane to myself, which is always nice!
- AU has a Farmer's Market on Wednesdays!
- Most of my entertainment is spent watching undergrads go to class in high heels and type away on their iPads with manicured fingers. My, how times have changed. When I was an undergrad...
- I absolutely love my professors. And most of my classmates, except those who are super-in-your-face competitive or the ones who recite the stamps on their passports. People are amazing. I may just have friends who stay up past 10 pm once the semester is over!
