and another year of school begins...

so, it's official. with my driving back into madison last night, I was returning to wisconsin for my second year in the program. there have definitely been times when I wasn't sure of what I was doing and if grad school was best for me. but after a lot of reflection and several discussions with people close to me, I'm taking a new perspective to my time here. I'm going to try and be more confident about my abilities as a pseudo academic and not take everything to be so serious. I'm just going to try and let myself be good at doing what I do and not doubt it. this may be somewhat difficult, but let's see how it goes, eh?

I'm somewhat settled into my apt. will have the last big piece (my desk) tonight, which will help with the settling in. now for all of those misc. things that I will only realize later on that I need...like knives, pots, mixing bowls, etc. I will be posting photos of my new place and rwanda soon! now that august has ended and I've stopped shuttling in and out of chicago, now that I'll be in a regularized weekly schedule, this should be a bit easier to do. I will need something to procrastinate with, after all.