Yesterday in class, my professor PK was asking a question and trying to get us to draw on the Sociological "greats" to answer. So, he said, "What about all those dead european guys???" This struck me as particularly funny (probably because I was quite tired) and I laughed out loud. No one else did. This earned me a strange little glance from PK. It was an odd moment. So, I mused to myself about changing the name of my blog to "Dead Europeans", but upon further reflection decided that would be too weird.

Don't expect much blogging from my part in the next few weeks. Here's what I've got:
May 2nd, 25-30 page Race and Ethnicity paper due
May 6th, 10 page Stratification paper due.
May 11th, 12 page statistics paper due.
May 12th, my students take their comprehensive statistics final, which I must have graded and final grades turned in by the 14th.
May 13th, my take home final for Stratification is due. No idea what to expect as far as that goes.
May 14th - I will be either having a party, or sleeping. Sleeping is the most likely outcome.

In other sociological topics, I was talking to my race and ethnicity prof about my final paper and he requested that I please situate the issue of transracial adoption in the context of assimilation vs. multiculturalism. So, we talked about this idea for a good 40 minutes...the content of which I almost immediately forgot upon walking out of his office. So, now I'm scrambling to read articles about assmiliation theory and hope to regain the insight that MV offered.

Finally, a shout out to my dear friend Mrs. P. I so enjoyed spending those hours in the car with you on Sunday. Your friendship is something I treasure and am thrilled to have gotten to soak in the glory of non-stop chatter, ranging from utter silliness to intense maturity. Kudos to our husbands for generating such a genious idea as a caravan. It was the highlight of my weekend. :o)

To my three or four faithful readers, keep me in prayer as I finish out my first year of grad school. The final word has yet to be spoken...but all in all, I think I made it through all right.