I will admit I had a bit of a rough week last week. We'll call it the week 9 blues. It was the 9th week of the semester, 4th until the end, and I had basically had it. After a run-in with one of my professors, too many bureaucratic Student Council meetings and having finished East of Eden with no next great read on the horizon, I was in the slumps. I may have been a little homesick since it was Thanksgiving as well, even though I don't really like Thanksgiving as discussed here last week. But it's the principle behind it. Anyway, this week I turned things around and am happy to report:
-I got blood work done and did not pass out. This is good because it's scary enough in the U.S., let alone here in Hungary.
-I read two good books this week- actually one was GREAT. I highly recommend "Anil's Ghost" by Michael Ondaatje (who also wrote "The English Patient"). I won't spoil any of the store but will link you to Amazon.com so you can read about it. It's beautiful.
-I did GREAT on my macro exam, finished a paper for policy and cranked out not one but TWO drafts (corruption and rural development). In the past month I have therefore written... somewhere around 55 pages. Feels so good!
-I cleaned my room! I know it's a small thing, but it feels good to have things clean. Actually my host mom did most of it yesterday while I was out at this great cocktail party (!) and I just went through all my school stuff today. So now it's really clean AND organized.
-We got our 2nd semester schedules. I will have class Tuesdays and Thursdays and an occassional Friday. I'm happy because it will give me plenty of time to work on...
-Thesis! I met with two professors about my ideas to study Rotary's PolioPlus program and they were very supportive. So I basically have my idea and some of my data already.
I think that's enough good things to happen in one week, no?
*Countdown until the end (of the semester/leave for London!): 16 days
*To do before the end: 2 exams, 1 take-home exam, 1 economics problem set, 1 presentation and finalizing 2 papers
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