Year two of PhD program completed! And with straight A’s this semester! It’s my first semester with straight A’s since high school. Although I partially blame that on the fact that my undergrad institution only gave an A for 95% or higher (and my high school only gave an A for 97% or higher), and […]
Hopefully there will be more to come next week along the lines of an actually informative update from yours truly. But for now, I’ll just tell you that I’m defending my master’s project on Wednesday of next week (5 days away!!!!) and so my weekend is going to be completely consumed by that. I feel […]
Well, hello, friends! Since spring break it’s been a flurry of things to do. I thought life would slow down until finals geared up, but that hasn’t been the case. Two weekends ago I went to my first math conference as a grad student. That was a lot of fun. I got to meet new […]
It’s the Monday morning after spring break. I had happily forgotten what it’s like to be up at 6AM and start working at 7AM every morning. But here I am again. It was a glorious, productive, and restful spring break. I slept in every day. I graded a homework assignment. I did some math-reading and […]
There’s something both comforting and a little embarrassing/disgusting about having a “usual” at a food or beverage place. I don’t mean you order the same thing every time you go there, and that’s your “usual;” lots of people do that. I mean, when you walk in, the people who work there already start making your […]
I’m back, bitches! (Sorry, I felt compelled to say that even though it’s awkward and lame.) I promise: I’m still alive. And after some time away (almost 3 months!), I’m back to chronicling my adventures in math grad school. There’s a lot going on this semester (and a lot happened last semester and over the […]
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