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Sorry for the blog delays. Graduate school is quite busy but I will update you on my life as best as I can. My big and most current project--my thesis--is on and popping. Funny, I still haven't solidified a title. I actually emailed a title to my faculty advisor (I'm sure that's a no no) but I don't think I really liked it at all. Anyway, I am at 31 pages total (not including references) which means that I have about 9 more pages of space. I am a little worried that I will run out of room because I still have lots more that I want to add. This past Tuesday I got my comments back from my faculty advisor. I was very surprised by his thoroughness...don't ask why. I mean, he read that paper so closely and he really got down and dirty with the comments, which I greatly appreciate. I was a little thrown about some of the things that he was saying and let's just say, I have a lot of work to do. But I am very pleased with my thesis and am quite pleased with how it's taking shape. My mom and I went through it line by line on Tuesday and so I know what things I really need to edit (mostly structural). The biggest comment was that there needs to be more of my own voice, my position on the argument in the paper. I can do that!!

My second big project is complete! Diversity Weekend 2009--it was a blast! I am still catching up (on the school work that I neglected) but I think the event was terribly succesfull. We had 19 total participants: 4 from Cal-State Dominguez, 3 from National Hispanic University, 4 from Prairie View University, 4 from Morehouse, and 4 from Spelman. They were terrific and smart and fun and I think that many of them are really considering applying to Penn GSE. My favorite part of the weekend was Friday night. After the students came in and had dinner with me and the faculty and staff we all went out to the bowling alley and had a great time! I felt like a college student again! It was short lived, but it was nice to be young and carefree again. We had a great tour of Philly on Saturday and had dinner at Maggiano's. Delish! I slept all day on Sunday.

On to personal news, my Bishop (Bishop Earl Paulk) died on Sunday. His life is quite controversial but hey, I was a child when I was a member of that church. Anyhoo, Bishop was like a father to me and I am very saddened by his death. I found out as the Diversity Weekend participants were leaving and so I had to explain to them why I was tearing up all of a sudden. I was really embarrased. My plane ticket home was over $500 but I'll be flying out Friday evening for his Saturday homegoing. Words cannot express my feelings about this man that introduced me to Jesus. I have had a tough week but hopefully attending his funeral will give me some closure.