Countdown to-
– Orals, one week from tomorrow.
-Sociology paper, due Monday.
-Statistics projects, due Tuesday.
And so on. It feels that this time in the semester turns to lists, lists, lists. A constant “comiendome la cabeza” (the Spanish collocquial way of saying worry about things) about what needs to be done. Even as I am learning so much from the experience of writing and studying for orals, it gets harder to step back and reflect on the new knowledge and ways of thinking I have developed this year. Mostly I feel busy and happy to be where I am, with the privilege of studying again in such an expansive way.