Category: Reflections

I’ve tentatively decided on my immediate post-Fulbright future, and I’m pretty darn excited about it! Here’s the deal: it’ll be impossible for me to enter chemistry grad school in fall 2006, …

Sometimes I wish I were more feminine. Throughout my life I’ve been a tomboy – always loved sports and the outdoors, never cared for dressing up, doing the hair …

Day by day, pouco a pouco, I’m feeling more settled here as I make friends, get to know the city, etc. I think many of my friends have this …

The more I think about it, the less appealing the idea of grad school seems. Now that I’ve left the academic world, I find I have little desire to return. 4+ …

I graduated from college on Sunday. I have trouble wrapping my mind around that concept; for the first time in 15 years – essentially as long as I can remember – …

15 years ago, I: – loved Sesame Street – had a new baby brother – used to visit my great-grandmother, who I’m named after (middle name) – had an …