A Long Week 8 is Over

Korrin B.

February 26, 2010 - 7:38 PM

Feeling tired

By the fire

The long day is over

The wind is gone
Asleep at dawn
The embers burn on

With no reprise
The sun will rise
The long day is over

-Norah Jones, "The Long Day is Over"

This week 8 may have possibly been the longest, most stressful week of my academic career so far. However, I think I handled it pretty well and now here I am, finally able to relax for a moment. Norah Jones' mellow music wraps itself around me and I dive into a bed of flannel sheets to write my blog. It feels good to breathe again. I look back at this week, however, and smile. The thing is, I accomplished so much this week that I am proud of and all of those late nights and busy days turn out to be incredibly worth it because I really do love my work, what I do. I take pride in my school, my job, and my additional pursuits.

So, what was I up to this week? Well, one of my main tasks was sending off what have become known to my internship advisor and I as the Big 3. Within the past twenty days, I created three flawless applications for three prestigious, competitive internship programs. As I write this blog now, they are off in cyber space. I hit the submit button and it felt good. I spent one three hour meeting with the PPPM internship director going over every word of my personal statements, making sure that they were as good as they could possibly be. We shared some good laughs throughout it all and I don't think anyone knows my writing styles quite as well as she does at this point. These applications took a huge amount of work, but now they are off. No matter what the outcome is, I am proud of them. These applications were for the Clinton Foundation in New York, the Carter Center in Atlanta, and the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, D.C.

On top of that, I was working. I am currently working two jobs on top of blogging. One is in the mornings at Howard Elementary School giving support to a first grade teacher there. It is such a great group of kids! The other job is with the ACE after school program I have been with for four years now. I recently switched to the program at Adams Elementary School, however. I am currently teaching a puppet and a fashion class.

I also had a few meetings for my internship with Project Homeless Connect of Lane County. The date for the event is coming up - March 18. I'll talk more about this program soon in another blog!

On top of these things, I had to keep up with school of course! I spent a couple nights in the SSIL computer lab working on maps in ArcGIS and spent other late nights finishing a planning proposal for my nonprofit organizational development course.

Needless to say, it has been a long week. I can barely believe I survived. In addition to being super busy, I ended up sick which just drained even more of my energy. The beauty of it though is that I got all of my work done so that I actually have a weekend! There is nothing I have to think about again until 8:30am on Monday morning. Have a nice weekend everyone. It's time for some needed relaxation!