Done For a Month

WOW, I really have sucked about keeping this updated....
Let me try to recap the last month! It was busy, apparently...

I had 7 classes-worth of reports, presentations, and finals to make and finish. Luckily, it turned out that my teachers were taking it easy on us for most of it, and I had about 4 or 5 take-homes. I wasn't nearly as stressed out about finals as I usually am.

Hmm, I had an interview for an internship with the MS Society. Didn't get it. Pity.
I ate a lot of free food at Stern. Which is really normal, only more excessively. I was feeling weird the past month, I think.

I went Christmas shopping with my friend Matt (from the film shoot) in BROOKLYN?!?! He picked me up in his car and we drove over to Carroll Gardens and shopped. It was actually a really nice area of BK, and I wouldn't mind looking over there. But the shops were still expensive! We finally ended up buying a bottle of wine and talking for a few hours over dinner at this great Middle Eastern restaurant over there.

And then there was the week of Hell...I had a Market Research final on Monday, another class's take home final due the next day, and then there was Wednesday. I woke up and did my normal routine, and then I went downtown to take the Foreign Service Officer Test.
A 3-hour exam, where I was by far the youngest person taking this exam to be a US diplomat. 4-parts: writing an essay, biographical info (like how well you can deal with stress WITH examples), english grammar, and knowledge testing. The knowledge testing was the scariest part of the test; it asked everything from global geography to the king of Bebop to this and that treaty. I could feel my brain working on hyper-drive. I finished with some time to spare (not necessarily a good thing), and I was like gelatin the rest of the day.
I could barely function by the end of my meetings and practices. Because it would had been a catastrophe to take it easy afterwards. Nay, I worked on a group project (5 people, ran by me and my friend Claire because 2 were not capable of doing the work and one being missing), and then had dinner with a friend who couldn't have been more negative and contrary at a time I needed support.
And then I had a Chambers practice to run, where we realized 2 days before the concert that the tenors didn't know what they were doing. So I had to learn 5 songs to sing and LEAD the tenor section for the concert. I basically said, "If you can't sing it, don't. I will." It sucked, overall.
Thursday I had to go to the Health Center to get my final HPV shot, which I went in, waited an hour, and was finally told to come back 3 hours later to get it. And it hurt. Thanks, NYU.
The next day was chaos! Well, I had a lovely lunch with Rob where we bickered and he made me laugh for a good 2 hours.
But then, it was prepping for Chambers' concert. So, I'm running around trying to get the place organized. Thank goodness my entire family had come in to see the concert, so I put them to work helping us while we practiced. But of course, that'd be too easy, so 2 other music groups came over to argue with us about who really could use the space. Apparently the chapel overbooked the spaces, and we were now dealing with it. I put on my best business face and told them both that, though it sucks and they were behaving so considerately (lies), we were not moving from our space until our allotted time, but thank you for asking. So we had our concert, where we did alright (not amazing, but we survived), and had a good after-party.
The lovely part was that my parents put on the after party in Dad's place on the Island. They prepped it all, too! I just had to go and enjoy my group's company! That was fun, I enjoyed myself a lot more.
The next morning (Sat), I got really sick. I was all hyped up and ready to get sick all over Lincoln Center, where my family was for the family opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors". It was cute, and I lived. But I napped the rest of the day.
I went out with Eugene from SciPo and his sister to get hot cocoa and hang out in Midtown, until my sister came over to join me for dinner. It was a very interesting night. My chorus buddy Nick joined us, too, so I bonded really well with him during that whole ordeal.
OH! And Kendra from SciPo called me!!! I was still sad and feeling ill, and she called me late at night and she totally brightened my life up! In fact, I was bubbly for about a day afterwards because I miss her so much and loved talking to her on the phone!

The next week was swept by presentations, final reviews, and free food.
I interviewed for a marketing internship with a legal pro-bono firm, and I start in about 2 weeks! I'm so excited about this job, though it's really daunting....and far away from me.
I had lunch on a FRIGID day with a Liz, where I prepped her for her studying abroad in Paris. Gosh, do I miss it.
That night was so cold that I ended up walking all of 2 blocks to Lauren's, where we ended up spooning a pint each of Ben&Jerry's and crying about lots of heavy things.
The next day I had lunch with Anita and talked her ear off about loads of stuff, and tried to prep her for a semester in London. I sure can pick them....
And then there was my little SoSauce party. First of all, I was in this part of Brooklyn that I swear I've dreamed of before! Second, I only knew Sean, SoSauce man guy thing, and so my conversations were limited. Until I met his sister, who's fabulous! I stole about 7 shirts from him and a glass of wine, while his sister and I ate another party's food.
Saturday I had a 30 minute walk with Neil and a 3 hour talk at Think with Brandon about a lot of things, where we ran into Darrell and Tara and we all babbled aimlessly for a few minutes before parting ways, again.
Nate made me go out in the cold to hang out with him by campus for all of an hour, and then I skidded back home to work on my law final and project. The next day I didn't leave Deej's futon for the whole day working on those blasted papers....

Now, we're at this week. Monday was the Chambers meeting at my place where I ended up making brownies and dinner for about 14 kids. I swear, sometimes I feel like I'm baby sitting that group of kids...
The yesterday was my last final, which I'm pretty sure I didn't do well on AT ALL! So much for studying, right? It's ok, afterwards Danie Cassie and I went out and had a hay day. We got spicy hot cocoa at Moxa, then went to Barnes & Nobles, then to Astor Wine to get some wine for dinner, traveled up to Empanada Mamas (which is heaven), and indulged in some simply amazing food! We brought home the meal part (we had tapas there) to my place and we talked with our food and wine for hours in my kitchen. We made a bet: whoever gets married first has to pay for the other twos' tickets to the wedding. I'm sooo gonna win this one.
Today Deej left for Cali, leaving me sad and alone. But no fears, I had a mission: to thaw the frozen fridge. And all day I was hair drying, hacking away at, and simply ATTACKING the fridge. I won. The door closes now, and it's like new, with no food casualties (I set them outside in the cold). I am awesome.
I went to get essential things for the apt, and a new calendar (it's stick figures), and I managed to have a joyous AUTHENTIC belgian waffle from a miraculous waffle truck!
I also wrapped and made the rest of my Xmas gifts, and even found time to talk to Lauren on the phone for about an hour and get dinner with (and counsel) Bhinish at Quantum Leap (which is a super little vegetarian place!).

There are gypsies in front of my apartment....