T-minus 1 month

Holy cow, it's a little crazy that I graduate in a month! Yikes!

I made some revisions to my thesis this week that I'm feeling pretty good about, just waiting for some feedback from my adviser.

I love my WWII lit class - turned in my final paper proposal this week. I'm gonna write on how war transgresses the characters' sense of security in themselves and in time and consequently warps their previously held notions of love and fidelity. I'm specifically looking at Put Out More Flags, by Evelyn Waugh (very good book) and The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen (also very good).

Garfield visited and it was *awesome*. We even made fun excursions to downtown - twice! It was *crazy*, I'm becoming such a *wild* city girl. We did nutty things like eat *brunch* and *sandwiches* and go *shopping* for my graduation dress. Insane . . .

Then this past weekend, I socialized BOTH Saturday *and* Sunday - what's happening to me?! I hosted another pancake brunch on Sunday, and it was a happy, smashing success. My pancake brunches have become famous as brunches of tasty goodness and pure joy :-P

This weekend, I'm starting this little 4-session "Mini-MBA" program put on by the UChicago Business Consulting Club. So not only will I have an MA in 4 weeks but I'll also have a mini MBA lol! It's just a series of mini lectures going over business and economics fundamentals. I'm looking forward to it!

MEME has a concert tonight, and then another one next weekend. And then that's it! No more mini, fun, part-time job in Chicago. My boss is great, the musicians are all so kind. It's been a surprisingly good job.

Okay, time for me to get on with my day - but not before I post some PICTURES! :)

Brit and I at the famous Chicago Bean in downtown

Drinking fancy cocktails on the 96th floor of Hancock Tower :)

Showing Brittney around UChicago! And then we bought matching t-shirts :)

Playing telephone pictionary with some school friends and Garfield's brother, Mike

Garfield and his brother my friends, telephone pictionary

An example of what happens in telephone pictionary

Garfield and me!

Jermaine (Garfield's best friend from high school), Garfield and me having yummy, crazy big brunch up in the north-side of the city

Garfield and I having our regular date-night at our favorite all-you-can-eat sushi place just a few blocks from my apartment - convenience like is one thing I'll miss about urban life. Not to mention this sushi place - SO GOOD!!!

Happy and stuffed with sushi :)

Cocktail party in honor of the Kentucky Derby

I even bought FLOWERS for my brunch! They're still beautiful, one week later

Friends! Pancakes! Yummy food! It was so fun.

Danni, me, and Bonnie, finishing up prepping the eggs and pancakes and etc