Life passes with a speed oblivious to my ability and desire to take note.
I am at the NYU academic center working on a lot of work. I just submitted a news report to my internship. Phew. Still on my to-do list before my leave of Praha are four 10-page papers (1 Temple Bar district in Dublin Ireland, 2 Tracking of Sources for Irish EU-enthusiasm, 3 A paper about Czech and Slovak History, 4 A paper about the European Union and NATO). And I have a presentation about EU/NATO/UN contentions during the Kosovo crisis. And I have a 40 page document to review for my internship on EU Affairs with the Czech Government.
The ends of semesters are always like this. There is a Niagara of work. And it is especially compounded this semester by my being abroad and inability to meet with my advisor about my fall schedule - and life. BA/MPA? Honors Met Studies? Or Social & Cultural Analysis?
Yesterday, I got a call from Young People For's Shawn Dixon. It was an interview for the Front Lines Leadership Development Program. I so badly want to be accepted. If I am accepted, my plans in London would be cut short as I would have to fly back to Detroit and then to Phoenix to attend training May 12-14th. Fine by me! After much fretting and troubles that I shall not reveal, I have officially submitted my Catherine B Reynold's Program application. And I dearly thank Zach Wineburg and Taiming Chu for being awesome. I find out about my status in these programs on Monday.
I want to weekend to be over. I want these papers to be over. I want to fast forward throught the summer and be back in New York.
But, I am going on an NYU tour of Northeastern Bohemia this weekend. Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday. Oy vey! Too much. My mind should be occupied, but I have work to do, too.
And I have realized that my life is fabulous. In the past several years, I have made very nebulous goals and for the most part I have achieved them. I know who my friends are. I have summer plans. I know how I want to get involved on campus next year. And I have criss-crossed the western hemisphere not a lot by comparison to many of my colleagues - but in my life. And I think that matters most. I need to do MY best, be MY best. It's hard, I must say.
This is how my 2006 best-year-ever has been/will be:
Memphis->Prague->Cesky Krumlov->Prague->Mariasky Lazny->Prague->Dublin->Belfast->Prague->Barcelona->Prague (Awesome Kaleena visited!)->Northeastern Bohemia tour->Prague->London->Detroit->Phoenix?->Washington, DC->New York...
The ends of semesters are always like this. There is a Niagara of work. And it is especially compounded this semester by my being abroad and inability to meet with my advisor about my fall schedule - and life. BA/MPA? Honors Met Studies? Or Social & Cultural Analysis?
Yesterday, I got a call from Young People For's Shawn Dixon. It was an interview for the Front Lines Leadership Development Program. I so badly want to be accepted. If I am accepted, my plans in London would be cut short as I would have to fly back to Detroit and then to Phoenix to attend training May 12-14th. Fine by me! After much fretting and troubles that I shall not reveal, I have officially submitted my Catherine B Reynold's Program application. And I dearly thank Zach Wineburg and Taiming Chu for being awesome. I find out about my status in these programs on Monday.
I want to weekend to be over. I want these papers to be over. I want to fast forward throught the summer and be back in New York.
But, I am going on an NYU tour of Northeastern Bohemia this weekend. Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday. Oy vey! Too much. My mind should be occupied, but I have work to do, too.
And I have realized that my life is fabulous. In the past several years, I have made very nebulous goals and for the most part I have achieved them. I know who my friends are. I have summer plans. I know how I want to get involved on campus next year. And I have criss-crossed the western hemisphere not a lot by comparison to many of my colleagues - but in my life. And I think that matters most. I need to do MY best, be MY best. It's hard, I must say.
This is how my 2006 best-year-ever has been/will be:
Memphis->Prague->Cesky Krumlov->Prague->Mariasky Lazny->Prague->Dublin->Belfast->Prague->Barcelona->Prague (Awesome Kaleena visited!)->Northeastern Bohemia tour->Prague->London->Detroit->Phoenix?->Washington, DC->New York...
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