Hey guys,
Just a quick hello before the beginning of a busy week. Busy in the sense that I don’t have work to go to and don’t have classes to go to, but instead have to get myself to buckle down and finish the semester: studying for the two huge (+40% worth of my grade) final exams, completing one 20 page paper, and presenting one final presentation and of course performing on a high note. Hey, at least I’ve been able to finish one of my classes.
On Thursday I went to BWI to take an airplane to Boston to go to my brother’s college graduation from Northeastern. Last semester I took an airplane to visit my grandfather in California before he passed away at the exact same point in the semester.
It’s been nice to be able to know that I
can put my family before academics when I need to (even if that meant watching the Celtics lose in triple over time while working on a paper in a hotel…). Seeing my brother graduate definitely put things into perspective and it seemed like my mom, dad, and grandma all mentioned that “in just two years, that will be you!” It was also weird to see how a school could have so many colleges. At Hopkins there are only two schools: Arts & Sciences and Engineering. At Northeastern the number of colleges (or schools) seemed endless. Nevertheless, my brother is out in the real world now and I can only imagine how weird it must be for him to know that he won’t be moving back-in for another year of college in the fall. Congratulations Justin!
There have been some other highlights as well in the past two weeks. Spring Fair was a blast on campus and I can’t believe we had three gorgeous days in a row for it. Other highlights have included Public Health Student Forum’s speaker event which featured my boss, Dr. Robert Lawrence, speaking about health as a human right followed by an Oxfam hunger banquet that I managed to cook 66 cups of rice for. A hunger
banquet is when the audience is broken up into high, middle, and low classes based on the proportions in the world and there’s a presentation about food inequality in the world. It was great to see that people spent their time to go to this event, including presidents of different clubs at Hopkins that we may be able to connect with.
My boyfriend also moved into his new apartment yesterday, so I’ve been helping him rearrange furniture and hang-up pictures.
It really is beginning to feel like the end of the semester here (I’m sorry for the high schoolers reading this who feel like they’re still stuck in the middle of things). But, it’s time to continue researching about adoption of children with disabilities for my Sociology of Disability class.
My next blog will be a re-cap of my sophomore year…so stay tuned!
Jessica
PS Roxi, I really can’t believe how quick the semester has gone. It seems like you just left. How are things over there? Have any crazy stories?
:) to this entry. You’ve been working really hard this year–you’re almost done, though! Good luck on everything. :o)