Almost done

So the past 2 1/2 months I've been working on this personal statement of mine and it seems that I am just about done. I've submitted my application Rangel Program already, and the final one that's due on February 4 is for the Pickering Fellowship. Chances are quite slim, but we'll see where it gets me.

It seems like this past week I've spent most of my time, waiting...in lines. Whether it be 1 1/2hr wait just to get Founder's Day Ball tickets at the Italian Embassy, or seeing Barack Obama speak at my school (luckily I cut and waited with some asian friends of mine who was in line 1/2hr earlier than me and the line was unbelievable), it seems like I am waiting. I seriously now have one class a week, yet my days go by quickly. I think half of that time also went towards my latest addiction, sudoku on nintendo DS.

Oddly enough, February 4 is also the deadline for internship applications. I'm still waiting for that darn State Dept security clearance, but in the meantime, I've got a hefty internship at the Office of External Relations at NASA. Sometimes luck requires knowing people, and that is how DC works. Sitting next to someone who works at NASA that has a nice enough position that is also impressed with my resume and can find some use for me. We'll see how the internship goes- if it goes well in the end, and I also am detailed to do some projects at the State Dept, I'll have a beautiful resume by the end of the semester and my career is pretty set. Perhaps like a friend insultingly told me "for such a godless person, you sure are lucky." I'm not lucky enough to wake up one day and figure out how to have world peace though.

Since my friend's cousin has been in town for the past few weeks, most of my time has been spent hanging around a crazy Arab that studies in Australia. He's has a happy go lucky personality, yet somehow strongly tied to his religion and family, yet quite easy to approach. Well he also requires a lot of attention. No matter how I look at the 3 cousins, all 3 are drastically different.

Anyways, it's only Wednesday...