(no title)

September 10, 2009

I’m averaging about a post a year. Not so good. But I’ll try to be better about it now that I’ve got relatively consistent web access.

Things continue to go well. I’ve put in just over a year with the Refugee Resettlement Office as their ESL Testing & Volunteer Coordinator. My position is essentially funding the ESL program and recruiting/maintaining volunteers to help out our teachers. I like the people I work with and the schedule is flexible enough that I can continue attending school.

Speaking of school, I’m in between quarters right now. At the end of August I finished a month-long intensive course on Christianity in Africa which was essentially the study of Chinua Achebe‘s novel Arrow of God and the application of three different philosophical texts to it. It was the hardest class I’ve ever taken, not only because it was a month intensive but also because it required a lot of thinking and brain work. I loved it! I’ve taken my final paper from that course and submitted it to the Pittsburgh Undergraduate Review. I should be hearing back from them in the next month or so. Keep your fingers crossed!

I only have three more quarters of school and then I’ll have my Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences from the University of Washington: Bothell. It’s so strange to have been going to school on and off for nine years and now be this close to done!

Well, not totally done, hopefully! I’m applying to law school this October. I’ll be taking the LSAT on September 26th. Wish me luck! I’m applying to the University of Washington School of Law, Seattle University, and the University of Buffalo in NY. It’s exciting and frightening at the same time! To that end, I’ve been volunteering with a local lawyer, Helene Ellenbogen who specializes in child custody dissolution cases. It’s fantastic to get my feet wet and I’m hoping that it may turn into something I can do throughout law school.

The other big news is that K and I are moving out of the house we’ve been in for the past two years. It’s a four-bedroom and lovely but we can’t afford it on our own, so we’re moving to a two bedroom apartment. It’s a really good move and we’re terribly excited about it. We’ll be able to live by ourselves and we’ll be saving about $600 a month from what we’re currently spending on rent and utilities. We can’t wait!

I think that’s all of the updates for now. I’ve updated the “Book(s) I’m Reading” link and I’ll make sure all of the other links are working in short order.

~ FR

Permalink