Time Crunch

I apologize for the recent lack of posts. It seems that as soon as March started, I have been overwhelmed with work and other responsibilities. Let me give you a run down of what I have been up to lately...

I just finished midterms last week, which is a relief. I spent way too many nights up late studying and working on papers, and I am glad to return to a normal sleep schedule. It is hard to believe that the semester is half over already!

I've been busy with choir. I'm the Vice President of the University choir, so I have a lot of responsibilities when it comes to fund raising, publicity, and organizing other events. Besides this, our spring concert is coming up (featuring Mozart's Requiem), and so our practice schedule has become quite intense. I'm excited for the concert though; the Requiem is such an excellent piece, and the choir sounds better with every rehearsal.

I've gone back to work, too. Twice a week I commute out to New Jersey to work for a contract archaeology firm. In case you don't know, contract archaeology firms are hired by construction companies before any large construction project. The archaeologists conduct a systematic excavation of the site to make sure that the impending construction doesn't disturb any historical materials (like old cemeteries). The result is that the archaeologists excavate, process lab work, and write reports in a very short period of time. You can gain alot of experience in just a few months. I worked with this firm last summer, and fieldwork is starting up again next month, so they asked me to come back and help them out. I'm looking forward to more fieldwork (it's tough but keeps you in great shape), but the commute to Jersey is a killer.

Besides school, choir and work, I've been trying to keep up with my obligation to live it up during my final semester. I've been going out, going on dates (none of them amazing so far, but what are you going to do?), and hanging out in Manhattan. I've been having a blast, but I'll admit my schedule has become quite grueling. It is not uncommon for me to wake up in the morning with puffy dark circles under my eyes from lack of sleep. Oh well; as my brothers always say, You can sleep when you're dead.

And of course, hanging over all of this activity is the omnipresent rain cloud called: Graduation/Real World. I still am in the process of finding a job and an apartment. It seems that every time I talk to my parents or professors, they ask me what I'm going to do come May. I always respond that it's a work in progress.

So now it's officially spring break, but I'm staying on campus for a few extra days in order to go to work and catch up on the job search. Saturday I head home to RI to catch up with friends and family, and it'll be nice to have a few days of R and R. Until next time...