Time for another laugh!
One thing checked off the list in my countdown to not living in a bubble for a few months! Turned in my sociology paper this afternoon. Calculated that I spent about 50 hours on it in the last week. I wasn’t thrilled with the last section of the paper, but felt good about the majority. The effort to bring in segmented assimilation literature at the end of a paper that summarizes the research on Latinos in higher education didn’t quite work, but it is something I continue thinking about, so am happy to have attempted it. Grappling with questions is the point in grad school, right?
Am getting more and more excited about planning the trip to China. Turns out one of my closest friends is going to visit her brother there, so we’ll get to travel together! Wild that it’s worked out, and really gives me something to look forward to. Motivation to get through the next set of work, starting with working on my statistics lab projects tonight. Luckily I had a great break with Juanjo this evening after turning in my paper, including a walk and a delicious dinner outside on a rare warm San Francisco evening. Kiwi margaritas tasted especially good! Another glimpse of normal life beyond the crunch…