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So I just realized it's been over two months since my last update. I knew I hadn't updated in a while but I guess I stopped caring, as really I've just been too lazy to update this lately. Senioritis has set in as much as it possibly can, although I was busy in the last few months with some fellowship applications and my grad school applications. My Georgia Tech application is now 100% finalized, so I'm waiting anxiously on hearing back from them. I've also got all 3 of my fellowship applications complete, along with references submitted, but I won't hear from any of them until mid-late March. I decided to return to the same office this summer as I was at last summer, even though 9 different offices offered me a position with them, as I really enjoyed my work last year and look forward to seeing what's been done with it.

I'm super pumped right now about graduation. I have a decent amount of work between now and then, but the really hard parts of this quarter (not that they were all too bad, what with 5 day weekends and all ) are over. This quarter has been a nice preparation for how I'll fill my time next quarter, as figuring out what to do with 5 days off was a bit tricky; next quarter I'll have true 7 day weekends, so maybe I'll actually get some of the work done for Pike and for my website that I was planning on doing this quarter.

I'm going on 3 spring breaks. It's going to be awesome. At the beginning of finals week Bander and I are driving down to Miami, and then a few days later our 7 day Carnival cruise departs Miami for a 7 day adventure to Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Ocho Rios. It's going to be amazing. Then we'll head back up here, maybe after a few days hanging out at Miami, and I'll chill out here for a week just having fun until everyone else in the country goes on their spring break. Right now the plan is for me to head down to Daytona Beach with a group of DG's and some guys from ISU. Then back here for a week (March Madness!!!) and then it's off to spring break with the Pike crew on Rose's spring break. And then I just chill out here having a great time until Commencement.

I'm not going to lie, I'm a bit off course in terms of Commencement right now. I used to be dying to get out of here but right now the prospect of leaving (but I certainly won't miss this weather, HOLY CRAP it's -16 with wind chill outside right now) has me a bit concerned for a variety of reasons. But I'll get into that later...