margie

i saw margie at panera on saturday. i went there and spent 4 hours drinking chai tea and working on my prospectus and grading papers, and she was there with T. and a few friends. she came over to my table and i had the k-12 page open and it said "something about k-12" and that's it, since i still don't have a clue what i'll write there... i showed it to her and asked her if i was precise and concise enough, if i had made my point, and if i could be any more specific. she laughed and said i was really not wasting my words and always knew how to express the deep thoughts i wanted to express.

i thanked her for the draft that she had returned with feedback after only two days and she said she knew i needed it quickly and she knew i needed to have a good christmas break so was going to help me finish this by december. she's sooooo cool! i met my neighbor yesterday while i was walking my cat through the hallways of my apartment complex, and she told me that her advisor (in electrical engineering) didn't work well with her and that she didn't like him at all... so i know i couldn't be luckier!

yesterday i was super depressed though, and the news about christopher reeve's death just made it worse. this is a very sad news and a hard blow for people like me!! all i can be happy about is the fact that he doesn't have to live like that anymore, which i don't know how he could have done for so long in the first place. and maybe his death will make people talk about him a little and make them realize that stem-cell research is needed... goodness i'm depressed.

ok, back to grading...