Hi! Remember me?

Hello Everyone,

I know that I have fallen off the map lately.  Apologies for that!  Things have been busy, and getting to the blog has been de-prioritized.

I have been living the graduate student life here in good ol' Burlington, VT.  Teaching research methods, a computer lab class for undergrads, has been an adventure.  I love teaching them almost as much as I love complaining about them!  Now that the semester is wrapping up, I am feeling the heat to finish my thesis.  It will be a lot of cramming things in at this point, it appears.

 Post-Easter Brunch hike

Also recently, my squad on the UVM fencing team (women's epee) won the national title in the collegiate club fencing championships.  We earned a shiny trophy and gold medals!  We beat the Rutgers team in the championship matchup, and it was a close, exciting finish.  Happily, I did not have to fence against U of Michigan; they were knocked out in an earlier round of the tournament (as was MSU).

Here I am with my teammates and my coach giving the stink eye :)

In big news, I was just offered a job as a research economist at a local consultancy today.  I suppose this means that I am going to be living in Vermont for a while!  Sticking in one place will be a change of pace, I think for the better.  It is beautiful here, and I have some good friends and connections.  I am feeling very grown up and excited to be starting in my first career-oriented job.  I am finally an economist!  And, yes, for those who are wondering, this means the pink in my hair has been significantly toned down.

*hugs* all around!